Mandelson shows Cameron who controls trade policy in the East

On Sunday afternoon David Cameron the UK Conservative Party leader boasted of how a future Conservative administration would promote British trade with India and China. Blair's buddy Peter Mandelson, as reported in the International Herald Tribune, quickly stepped up to make clear who really controls such matters. Read the article from this link, it is headlined EU imposes long-term tarriffs on Asian shoes, from which comes that newspaper's Quote of the day : Quote of the Day Europe's policy needs to be clear: rejection of protectionism at home, activism in opening markets abroad." Peter Mandelson, The EU trade commissioner, set out a range of initiatives for the coming months, including a review of the EU's trade links with China