16 September 2010 Korea Free Trade Agreement adopted by EU governments The adoption today of the EU’s Free Trade Agreement with South Korea will create thousands of jobs and add billions of Euros to both sides’ economies, Robert Sturdy MEP, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the agreement, said today. Italy today decided to drop its [...]
15th September 2010 Airbus and Boeing: time for talks to replace recriminations The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) expected rebuke of Boeing today should bring about a new spirit of cooperation between Airbus and the American manufacturer, instead of yet more Transatlantic recriminations, Robert Sturdy MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group trade spokesman in the European [...]
Italy puts short-term protectionism ahead of long-term growth in Korea Free Trade Agreement Brussels, 13th September 2010 – Robert Sturdy MEP, the European Parliament’s lead member on the proposed EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, has warned that Italy’s refusal to back the deal will cost the EU economy billions of Euros in lost trade revenues, whilst [...]
Momentum building for historic Korea trade deal Strasbourg, 7th September 2010 Another crucial step has been taken towards the ratification of an historic free trade deal between the EU and Korea today, Robert Sturdy MEP, the parliament’s rapporteur on the agreement, said today. He was speaking after MEPs voted on amendments to a safeguard clause [...]
