Brussels, 16/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The WTO General Council unanimously approved, on Wednesday 15 February, the waiver requested by the EU in order to allow it to grant trade preferences to Pakistan over a period of two years. Pakistan's economy was devastated by floods in August 2010.
The lifting of the reservations by India, Bangladesh, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Morocco and Peru meant that the WTO trade committee was able, on 1 February, to unanimously agree to the EU's waiver...