- BUSINESSEUROPE
BUSINESSEUROPE, formerly the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), is a
Brussels -basedEurope an association of industries and employers. It was founded in1958 to drive the creation of theEuropean Union as afree trade zone. Together with theFederation of European Employers and theEuropean Round Table of Industrialists , BUSINESSEUROPE has been one of the principal advocates of the EU treaties prior to their negotiation, and major backers of the international European movement. It is also one of the Europeansocial partners , representing private employers at the interprofessional level.See also
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European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations (EICTA)
*Federation of Belgian Enterprises
*Keidanren , aJapan ese business association
* "Mouvement des Entreprises de France " (MEDEF), a French business association
*Confederation of British Industry
*European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
*lobbying External links
* [http://www.businesseurope.eu/ BUSINESSEUROPE] : official website
* [http://www.fedee.com FedEE]
* [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer0/maastricht.html The Amsterdam Summit in retrospect: Maastricht II and corporate lobby successes]
* [http://www.pmckenna.com/agenda/treaty/amsterdam/social3.html The Amsterdam Treaty - How Industry Got Its Way]
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