Brussels, 08/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, a defender of free trade, fully rejects the idea of EU protectionism as the EU moves to tighten its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for developing countries from 2014.
“The idea that we will change trade policy is certainly not true”, De Gucht said during a meeting with Asian media representatives, in Brussels on Wednesday 7 December. The trade commissioner thus swept away any idea of protectionism on the...