Brussels, 13/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - The EU's new trade preference scheme for developing countries that will apply from 1 January 2014 will not include high and upper middle income countries, so that more can be done for poorer ones.
In adopting the report by Christofer Fjellner (EPP, Sweden) by 503 votes to 107, with 37 abstentions in plenary session on Wednesday 13 June, the European Parliament (EP) approved the draft regulation proposed by the Commission in spring 2011 to update the...