11.   Rafidah insisted the meeting should avoid discussion of the social clause.

12.   She rejected any use of trade measures to enforce labor standards, or even the deliberation of labor standards and other social clauses in the WTO.

13.   The enforcement of the proposed social clause would only make third world producers more uncompetitive and reduce employment, they say.

14.   The declaration also called upon developing countries not to impose new trade barriers such as the proposed social clause.

15.   The inclusion of so-called social clauses in the agenda of the World Trade Organisation will result in more protectionism, the ministers said.