Peter Mandelson (as European Commissioner for Trade)

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Peter Mandelson is a British Labour politician who served as the European Commissioner for Trade, where he played a key role in shaping EU trade policy and international trade negotiations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Commissioner
human
politician
advocatedFor integration of development objectives into EU trade policy
liberalisation of global trade
multilateral trading system
reform of EU trade defence instruments
rules-based international trade
appointedBy Tony Blair NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
employer European Commission NERFINISHED
endTime 2008-10-03
jurisdiction European Union
memberOf Barroso Commission NERFINISHED
European Commission NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
negotiatedWith Brazil on trade issues
China on trade issues
India on trade issues
United States on trade issues
developing countries in WTO talks
nominatedBy Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
notableFor leading EU role in Doha Round negotiations as Trade Commissioner
shaping EU trade policy in the mid-2000s
opposed unilateral protectionism in trade policy
participatedIn Doha Development Round negotiations NERFINISHED
World Trade Organization ministerial conferences NERFINISHED
partOf EU decision-making on common commercial policy
portfolio Trade
positionHeld European Commissioner for External Trade NERFINISHED
European Commissioner for Trade NERFINISHED
precededBy Pascal Lamy NERFINISHED
represented European Union in WTO NERFINISHED
European Union in international trade negotiations
responsibleFor EU external trade relations
European Union trade policy
World Trade Organization negotiations on behalf of the EU
startTime 2004-11-22
succeededBy Catherine Ashton NERFINISHED
supervises Directorate-General for Trade (as Commissioner) NERFINISHED
workedOnPolicyArea agricultural trade
industrial tariffs
intellectual property in trade agreements
market access for EU exporters
trade and development
trade defence instruments
trade in services
workLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

European Commission headquarters NERFINISHED

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Catherine Ashton preceded by Peter Mandelson (as European Commissioner for Trade)