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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
