Sentences with phrase «european trade commissioner»

As European trade commissioner, the then Mr Mandelson helped to ease import duties on Russian aluminium in 2005.

The peer acquired a large roster of contacts from his time as the European trade commissioner between 2004 and 2008, and as a key member of the administrations of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Not exact matches

No decision has been taken by the European Union on the U.S.» proposed tariffs yet, Cecilia Malmstrom, European commissioner for trade, said.

Cecilia Malmstrom, European commissioner for trade, said a retaliatory list of proposed tariffs on U.S. goods will soon be made public.

Although they can get a sympathetic ear from European Commission trade officials, the environment commissioner Stavro Dimas is proving to be a major headache for them.

Mr Cameron is in the Belgian capital for talks with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, and the commissioners for trade and the environment, but he will also use the opportunity to reassure Tory MEPs of his aims in the EU.

Britain's European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has said the arrival of US President George Bush is an opportunity for a «new start».

European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has complained French president Nicolas Sarkozy has «undermined» him.

The PM will also be able to say that Cathy Ashton, Britain's current European commissioner who also doubles up as the EU's foreign policy chief, held the same post as Hill when she replaced Peter Mandelson as trade commissioner in 2008.

Brown's fate is now umbilically tied to his former adversary after he was forced to say that all Mandelson's dealings with Deripaska as the European Union's trade commissioner were «above board».

Trade commissioner Peter Mandelson also noted that the Commission «does not expect any major negative competitiveness impacts from EU climate policies», in a reply to an oral question H - 0123 / 05 by MEP Caroline Lucas, March 2005 in the European Parliament.