Brussels, 19/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 16 March, European trade ministers gave their backing to the compromise reached by the Danish Presidency of the EU Council on the draft regulation updating the EU Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), for which the structure is due to expire end 2013. The presidency will, therefore, soon be submitting to COREPER a mandate for trialogue negotiation with Parliament.
Out of the five main areas of the proposal presented by the Commission in...