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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10359

15 April 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Trade preferences for Pakistan, EU urging WTO approval

Brussels, 14/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU is continuing its consultations at the WTO in an effort to obtain approval for a waiver from the 153 member countries to grant trade preferences to Pakistan. The country's economy was devastated by floods last August. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht informed the European Parliament on 12 April that “we are actively working on this to get a solution. Not all hope is vanishing”. Several WTO countries are afraid of the economic impact that...

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