Commission Vice-President Ashton gave an answer to the parliamentary question regarding the Natural Fruit case

EU Vice-President Catherine Ashton has given an answer to the parliamentary question  submitted by a Finnish Cristian Democrat Sari Essayah regarding the the law suites filed against Andy and it’s linkage to the free trade negotiations between EU and Thailand. In her answer Ashton said that EU is has been following the case closely and that “The EU attaches great importance to including provisions on Trade and Sustainable Development in the recently launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Thailand.”