7. Wishes to see an approach centred on "More Europe in Africa" arising from EU policies in general; wishes for greater European visibility (the strengthening of Europe's image as a region) and a stronger presence of European intermediary institutions throughout Africa (more bilateral chambers of commerce, a European chamber abroad, more European business fora, strong contacts with the European and African diasporas), which are essential to create stronger economic ties between the EU and Africa;

4. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure that the EU's bilateral agreements, particularly the new generation of Free Trade Agreements with emerging markets, address trade and investment in renewable goods and services and include provisions concerning the prevention of environmental dumping; suggests establishing Sustainable Development Forums between the parties, involving civil society, in order to encourage the exchange of good corporate practice, promote technology transfer and facilitate cooperation in research and development; supports the Commission's proposal for an Africa-Europe ...[+++] partnership on energy; also supports joint ventures with China and India, particularly regarding trade and technology transfer of wind and solar renewable energy technologies; calls on the Commission to ensure that energy, and particularly the question of renewable energy and efficiency and their connection to energy security, becomes an integral part of all external EU relations, with a particular emphasis on the European Neighbourhood policy;

The EU and Canada noted the progress of the Canada-Europe Round Table for Business (CERT) in engaging further business participation from both sides of the Atlantic.

A. whereas the 2005 World Economic Forum has been addressing issues of global importance, including China, climate change, the global economy, Islam, poverty, weapons of mass destruction, the Middle East, world trade, US leadership, Europe, global governance and equitable globalisation,

the Council and the Commission call on the Member States (and the candidate countries) to coordinate their efforts on the wider international stage and to adopt a common approach to the work on cybercrime in the various international fora (Council of Europe, G-8, Lyon Group, OECD and UN) and in particular to amend the Council of Europe Draft Convention on cybercrime (in which the United States, Canada, Japan and South Africa also participate) to guarantee a true balance between the interests of law enforcement and the need to safeguar ...[+++]d the fundamental rights and the freedoms of citizens, in particular privacy, data protection and business interests. This requires that:

ASEM’s efforts to break down barriers to trade and investment are based on proposals from high-ranking private sector business leaders via the Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF) whose tasks include that of helping improve trade relations between Asia and Europe.