Geneva, Saturday 17th December 2011 – Fears that over the stalled Doha Development Round negotiations, which have dominated the multilateral environment for the last 10 years, were pushed aside this week, as the WTO held its 8th Ministerial in Geneva. Despite the lack of progress with a Doha agreement, the WTO managed to see the conclusion [...]
Removing obstacles to trade between nations is not only important for exporters who can thus better penetrate foreign markets and make more money, but also for consumers who can enjoy a wider choice at better prices. Trade liberalisation in the last couple of decades has pushed tariffs down across the world, but other barriers to [...]
Strasbourg, 13th December, 2011 – A report authored by Robert Sturdy, vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, was overwhelming adopted by the European Parliament in a vote earlier today. Mr Sturdy’s report sets out proposals that would help remove or reduce unjustified non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and regulatory obstacles to trade, such as export subsidies, anti-dumping, [...]
Brussels, 6th December, 2011 – Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England and member of the European Parliaments Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, has praised today’s announcement by Agricultural Minister Jim Paice that will prevent eggs from ‘battery cages’ being sold in the UK. The announcement from DEFRA was in response to the upcoming [...]
Conference: ‘Going Global: Helping Small Businesses Trade Abroad’ Venue: Robinson College, University of Cambridge on the 2nd of March 2012. On the 2nd of March 2012, in the prestigious surroundings of one of the world’s greatest and oldest universities, Robert Sturdy MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, will be hosting a trade conference [...]
Brussels, 25th November 2011 – Robert Sturdy, vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee and MEP for the East of England, has welcomed news that Toyota will increase investment in its UK plants which will create up to 1, 500 jobs. Toyota plans to invest the money by consolidating the production of the hatchback [...]
Brussels, Tuesday 22nd November 2011 – East of England MEP, Robert Sturdy, attended an event hosted by European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA) to raise awareness of the disease and its affects. Speaking after the event, Robert said: “There are more than 1.2 million people with Parkinson’s disease in Europe today and this number is expected [...]
Strasbourg, 16th November 2011 – Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England, has welcomed EU Health Commissioner John Dali’s statement about the ongoing fiasco surrounding the January 2012 ban on battery cages from laying hens. In a meeting of national farming ministers earlier this week, Commissioner Dali outlined the Commission’s plan to send out [...]
Last Friday I hosted a European Information Lunch at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. Events such as this are a great way to bring together constituency officers and supporters from across the region to keep them updated on what is going on in Brussels and throughout the European Union. This year’s event was extra special [...]
Strasbourg, 14th November 2011 — New rules proposed by the European Commission today for the use of body scanners at airports will give passengers greater choice and protection when travelling from the East of England’s airports, Robert Sturdy, Conservative MEP for the region, said after the annoucement of the proposals. Over the past couple of years [...]
