Mandelson defended in smear row
Updated on 17 October 2008
The European Commission's most senior trade official has defended Peter Mandelson over claims of a conflict of interest during his time in Brussels as Trade Commissioner.
Lord Mandelson, now the UK's Business Secretary, has been accused of giving multimillion-pound trade concessions to a Russian aluminium billionaire who entertained him on his superyacht.
But David O'Sullivan, Director-General of the Commission's trade department, denied that Lord Mandelson personally intervened to influence decisions on aluminium import tariffs.
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