International Trade Spokesman Emma McClarkin has urged the European Commission to provide answers over the state of talks between the EU and China on allegations of “dumping” in the steel sector. The East Midlands MEP has tabled a so-called “priority question” to the European Commission, following reports that the US trade officials have set up …Continue Reading

Conservative MEPs have welcomed today’s announcement that all MEPs will have access to all categories of confidential documents relating to the proposed EU-US trade agreement, TTIP. Under the agreement struck with the European Commission, MEPs will be able to access the confidential documents – known as “consolidated texts” – in a secure reading room in …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP, Emma McClarkin, has this week visited Ketton Cement Works in Rutland, to hear about developments in the industry, following a recent meeting on how concrete roads today present a potential solution to potholes. After meeting representatives of the concrete industry in Brussels, Miss McClarkin was interested to learn about the advances …Continue Reading

Rutland Water Nature Reserve welcomed East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin this week, as she met with RSPB representatives to talk about their latest projects. Miss McClarkin met with Colin Wilkinson and Jane Gillow from the RSPB, as well as Tim Appleton and Simon Bentley of Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, who manage the nature reserve. …Continue Reading

Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has this week visited the Japanese capital city of Tokyo alongside colleagues from the international trade committee of the European Parliament. It is hoped that the trip will spark negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Japan that have been ongoing since April 2013 but which have slowed …Continue Reading