Sarkozy urges firmer commodities rules

Article reported that French President Nicolas Sarkozy stepped up his call for tougher regulation and tighter surveillance of commodity markets trading in a speech at a conference in Brussels on the 14 June 2011, warning that raw materials’ inflation is one of the chief threats to global economic growth. Reports from the BEPA Conference 'Commodities and Raw Materials: Challenges and Policy Responses', Brussels, 14 June 2011.

EurActiv, 16.6.11: Europe, US clash with Asia on commodities regulation http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-rawmaterials/east-west-disagree-commodities-regulation-news-505653

EUObserver, 14.6.11: Sarkozy, Barroso back greater transparency for extractive industry http://euobserver.com/9/32486

ESO: Background information: EU plans new transparency rules for mining groups http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu%e2%80%89plans%e2%80%89new%e2%80%89transparency%e2%80%89rules-for-mining-groups/

ESO: Background information: Raw materials: EU to call for commodity derivatives curbs http://www.europeansources.info/record/raw-materials-eu-to-call-for-commodity-derivatives-curbs/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/438: Karel De Gucht European Commissioner for Trade Raw Materials: The Role of trade in dealing with pressures in commodities markets BEPA Conference "Commodities and Raw Materials: Challenges and Policy Responses" Brussels, 14 June 2011 Karel De Gucht European Commissioner for Trade Raw Materials: The Role of trade in dealing with pressures in commodities markets BEPA Conference 'Commodities and Raw Materials: Challenges and Policy Responses', Brussels, 14 June 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/438&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/434: José Manuel Durão Barroso Président de la Commission européenne Produits de base et matières premières: Vers un approvisionnement équitable, sans distorsion et durable Conférence BEPA Bruxelles, le 14 juin 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/434&format=PDF&aged=0&language=FR&guiLanguage=en

EurActiv, 15.6.11: Sarkozy likens commodity speculators to mafia http://www.euractiv.com/cap/sarkozy-likens-commodity-specula-news-505624

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