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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martyn Jones (Labour), on Wednesday, 20 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.


EU/US TRADE DISPUTE

That this House expresses concern at the protectionist and anti-competitive measures proposed by US Congressman Hunter's `Buy American' legislation and the damage that they could cause to employment in both the UK and US; calls on the Government to publish a list of Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other government contracts funded by UK taxpayers it has placed or is in the process of concluding with US companies named in the World Trade Organisation dispute over subsidies; and requests that the Government provide an assessment of how these or other MOD contracts might be affected should the US Congress adopt the Hunter proposals.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
640 
Session
2005-06
Other sponsors
Peter Bottomley
Lord Beamish
Mark Tami
Iain Wright
Chris Ruane
Subjects
Competition Procurement USA
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk