Robert has asked the Commission the following question regarding potash imports, a vital fertiliser and essential nutrient for food production: The European Commission is currently undertaking a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of potassium chloride originating in Belarus and Russia. This product is used as a fertiliser and is an [...]
Reuters reports on the latest round of Doha trade talks in Geneva where Robert Sturdy urged countries to work together to reach an agreement, which includes suspending tariffs to help Pakistan recover from last year’s devastating floods. He is quoted towards the end of this article. GENEVA: Lawmakers from around the world doubt a meaningful [...]
Robert recently joined a panel of key speakers for a conference entitled, Climate Change and Food Security, hosted by Suffolk Agricultural Association. Fellow speakers included former Suffolk Coastal MP John Gummer, now Lord Deben, Prof Ian Crute, chief scientist at the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board, farmer Lucy Wyatt, and Waitrose’s agricultural manager, Duncan Sinclair. [...]
Robert Study speaks about UK farming and the new trade agreement. This is a report from Farmers Guardian: FARMERS in the UK could boost their exports to South Korea after the EU ratified a trade deal, expected to double trade over the next 20 years. The deal will eliminate 99 per cent of import tarriffs [...]
Robert Sturdy recently hosted a seminar in the European Parliament on the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement; A step in the right direction? It was intended to present the facts regarding these vital talks and highlight the costs and benefits, as well as explaining what this this much needed agreement will mean for the future role [...]
EU economy boosted by €1.6 billion, thanks to Korea free trade agreement Strasbourg, 17th February 2011 — A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) passed by Euro-MPs today, steered through the parliament by Robert Sturdy MEP, will bring untold benefits to industries across the EU economy and to consumers. The FTA will see Korean tariffs cut by [...]
Eastern Region MEP Robert Sturdy has renewed calls to abolish the European Parliament sitting in Strasbourg following research which concluded that 70% of MEPs want to end their enforced visits there. Robert has vigorously campaigned for 17 years against the present system of travelling from Brussels to France at least a dozen times a year [...]
This story appeared in the Montreal Gazette: PARIS — Sealing and oilsands, two issues that have darkened Canada’s image in some sectors of European society, could affect ratification of the proposed Canada-European Union free trade agreement, suggests a report from the House of Commons parliamentary committee on trade. The report, based on a fact-finding mission [...]
Robert Sturdy calls for sacking of EP security staff following an armed robbery. This is a report in Parliament.com A parliament spokesman has admitted that “weak points” in the assembly’s security set-up may have led to last Friday’s armed robbery. Two men, one of them armed, held up the post office in parliament and reportedly [...]
An international trade recommendation drafted by Robert Sturdy today won vital EP support. EuropeanVoice.com published the following report: The European Parliament’s international trade committee gave its backing today to the EU’s free-trade agreement with South Korea. The committee endorsed a recommendation to approve the accord with 21 votes for, four against and no abstentions. The [...]
