Brussels, 16th May 2012 – European Union sources have revealed that the EU is on the verge of announcing that it is to file a suit against Argentinain the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the coming days. If the EU wins, Argentina will face ‘very serious trade sanctions’. This news follows a nosedive in relations [...]
Brussels, 12th April 2012 – Robert Sturdy MEP, Vice-Chairman of the International Trade Committee in the European Parliament, has blasted Argentina’s recent behaviour in a strongly worded letter to EU Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht. In his letter, co-signed by the Chairman of the Conservative Political Group in the European Parliament and fellow Conservative MEP [...]
Tuesday, 20th March 2012 – Brussels – Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England, has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to back Britain’s beer and pub sector by calling time on planned punitive tax increases in the Budget. The move follows new figures showing the huge impact brewing and pubs have on [...]
Wednesday 15th March 2012 – Robert Sturdy, East of England MEP and Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee talks to the Farmers Guardian on EU-USA trade dispute.
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 aimed at bringing together British SMEs and national and European experts, advisers and officials, to provide [...]
Brussels, 25th January 2012 – This Tuesday, Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England and member of the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, welcomed guests from European Anglers Alliance, European Squirrel Initiative, COPA-COGECA, European Landowners Organisation, the Australian Representative to the EU, the RSPB and many more, to the European Parliament to [...]
Going Global Trade Conference 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 aimed at bringing together British SMEs and national and European experts, advisers and officials, to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
