24th November 2015

Competitiveness: TTIP will not change labor law standards - Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade

 

The TTIP agreement should be in line with core standards set by the International Labor Organization, director of the Department for International Trade Policy, Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, Lucie Vondráčková said at a workshop held in the Senate, the Upper Chamber of the Czech Parliament. The event was organized by the Chamber of Deputies' Committee for EU agenda on 18 November 2015. Czech companies operating in the automotive, engineering, medical devices and pharmaceutical sectors should benefit the most from the EU-US partnership. The Czech Republic is pushing for protected geographical indication for České pivo, Českobudějovické pivo and Žatecký chmel, but the negotiations have not made a big progress, pravniprostor.cz/CTK wrote. Read the article.

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