Following the European Commission's publication, on 19 January, of its report on the impact for developing countries of the EU's generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) and its special SPG+ system of encouragement for sustainable development and good governance for 2016-2017, the Women's Economic and Social Think Tank (WESTT) questions the maintenance of trade preferences for Pakistan under SPG+ when there has been a clear worsening of the human rights situation in the country since 2014.