Cable鈥檚 visit, which began yesterday, is to promote the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the UK鈥檚 Information Economy Industrial Strategy. He will visit Swedish and Finnish companies investing in the UK including Skanska
In a specific boost for the construction sector, he is attending a ceremony at the site of the New Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, , which is being built by Skanska under a public-private partnership contract that began in 2010. The ceremony will mark the signature by two British SMEs - Astins and Measom - of construction contracts valued at 拢30m. The contracts will create or safeguard 95 jobs.
Cable said that the TTIP has the potential to bring as much as 拢100bn to the EU economy, 拢80bn to the US economy and 拢85bn to the rest of the world.
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