06/09/2023 (Agence Europe) – In the absence of an agreement in the trilogue on the revision of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) (see EUROPE B13211A31), on Wednesday 6 September the EU Council adopted its negotiating mandate for the regulation extending the current system beyond 2023. The Commission proposed this text in July to prevent the tariff preferences granted to developing countries from coming to an abrupt end at the end of 2023 (see EUROPE B13215A17). The European...