This is a report from The Parliament. MEPs says a parliamentary vote in the Brussels plenary will put an end to the long lasting “banana war.” They endorsed a deal which brings to an end a heated trade battle over bananas between the EU and Latin America. Under the agreement on banana import tariffs, the EU [...]
Happy New Year to you all!!! And there is certainly much to be optimistic about as it begins. I’m going to throw caution to the wind and start by making a few predictions for 2011. Naturally, it goes without saying that we will beat the French in the rugby Six Nations. I remain convinced that [...]
Price of shoes set to fall after shoemakers drop calls to extend EU duties ‘Shoe Wars’ to be brought to an end Brussels 11 January 2011. Punitive EU duties on the imports of shoes from China and Vietnam look set to be dropped after shoemakers ended their bid to extend them today. The European Confederation of the Footwear [...]
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, [...]
