Robert is to join a high profile panel of speakers discussing the global challenges relating to climate change, local food security and EU reforms. The Suffolk Agricultural Association’s spring farming conference, which takes place at Trinity Park on Friday, February 18, is being held as farming prepares for changes to the Common Agricultural Policy in [...]
Robert gave a lecture on the topic, ‘Is there a future for World Trade?’ for the New Europe Society of Cambridge at the Bateman Auditorium of Gonville & Caius College last Saturday. The audience included adults, children and students who all listened intently to the talk and were able to put questions to Robert, who [...]
A Winter Party was held by Cambridge City Conservative Association to kickstart the festive season with Robert as special guest. It was held in the riverside home of Donald and Sue Mackay in Chesterton, and Robert was introduced by their president, Baroness Perry of Southwark. Guests included Nick Hillman, who earlier this year contested the [...]
Robert was delighted to join in Christmas festivities organised by tbe Bar Hill branch of South Cambridgeshire Conservatives, by kind invitation of Coun and Mrs John Reynolds. He talked about his work as Vice-Chair of the International Trade Committee and the Conservative’s position in the European Parliament. Robert said: “I was given a very warm [...]
This report appeared in The Parliament.com The EU has been urged to be “more prudent” in its trade defence measures against China. EU anti-dumping measures, when merchandise is sold in a foreign market at less than its normal value, have in the past been the cause of frequent conflict between Brussels and Beijing. Speaking in [...]
16 November 2010 The European Commission’s announcement that vaccination of cattle, sheep and goats against Bluetongue will be permitted across the EU is a welcome development towards a long-term solution for a disease that has destroyed farmers’ livelihoods, Richard Ashworth MEP, Conservative agriculture spokesman in the European Parliament, said today. Bluetongue caused havoc across much [...]
9 November 2010 New EU trade agenda must signal an end to Fortress Europe The EU needs to put in place a clear, transparent and open trading policy that will no longer allow deals to be hatched behind closed doors based on parochial interests, Robert Sturdy MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group international trade spokesman, [...]
E.U. Signals Tough World Trade Policy A report in the New York Times By JAMES KANTER Published: November 9, 2010 BRUSSELS — The European Union signaled on Tuesday that it would pursue a more aggressive trade policy, including bringing more cases to the World Trade Organization and negotiating more bilateral deals with countries like India [...]
Trade minister to meet European parliament committee, reports Eyewitness News. 27 October 2010 A delegation from the European parliament’s Committee on International Trade is visiting South Africa. Their leader Robert Sturdy said they will meet a range of people, including Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Mr Sturdy is the rapporteur on economic partnership agreements [...]
This is Robert’s latest International Trade newsletter 14 October 2010
