22/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The German Christian Democrat Konrad Schwaiger once more called, on Tuesday before the press, at a time when the negotiations in Doha where closing, for the establishment of a WTO parliamentary assembly and for an enhancement of the influence that the European Parliament exercises over EU trade policy. In Doha, the parliamentary representation for the United States was not of a high-level, noted Mr Schwaiger, while underlining the Parliament's desire to work closely with the Americans, because it can only go with them, and not against them. The main impetus should come from the EU, the United States and the Asian countries, felt Mr Schwaiger, for whom the Cairns Group (the major exporting countries of agricultural products) must not assume the role of spokesperson for the developing countries. The EU, he recalled, already takes part, within the ACP/EU joint assembly, in joint parliamentary work with a large number of developing countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.