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Published 11/07/2009 by Xinhua News Agency


Sri Lanka hopeful of EU trade concessions

COLOMBO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior Sri Lankan minister said on Saturday that the government was hopeful that the European Union (EU) would extend its preferential trade concessions known as the GSP+ for its garments exports from the island. 'We are hopeful of GSP+ continuing...

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Sri Lanka faces EU tariff deadline - [11/06/2009 - Al Jazeera]
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...from the island. "We are hopeful of GSP+ continuing as a result of our human rights action plan which will be submitted next week" Mahinda Samarasinghe...
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