Kroes warns EU states over ‘stealing’ car jobs

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Series Details 25.9.09
Publication Date 25/09/2009
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Europe’s Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes delivered a blunt warning to EU member states on the 24 September 2009 against 'bribing' car companies in an attempt to 'steal' jobs from other countries, saying such behaviour risked sparking a trade war.
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ESO: Background information: Britain questions viability of Opel plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/britain-questions-viability-of-opel-plan/
European Commission: SPEECH/09/408: Neelie Kroes European Commissioner for Competition Policy Antitrust and State Aid Control – The Lessons Learned 36th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, Fordham University New York, 24 September 2009 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/408&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EurActiv, 25.9.09: Commission warns against 'bribery' in Opel rescue http://www.euractiv.com/innovation-enterprise/commission-warns-bribery-opel-re-news-222727
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