MEPs approve new EU Trade Commisssioner

Europe's new Trade Commissioner, Cathy Ashton, arrived in Geneva tonight for talks with the head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy.

MEPs approve new EU Trade Commisssioner
Wed, 22 Oct, 2008 - 19:11

Europe's new Trade Commissioner, Cathy Ashton, arrived in Geneva tonight for talks with the head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy.

She left Strasbourg for Switzerland as soon as her appointment to replace Peter Mandelson was approved in a 538-40 vote of MEPs meeting in Strasbourg.

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