Belarus Close to Losing GSP Benefits: EU cites lack of worker rights as reason
July 6, 2006
The EU is likely to remove Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits from Belarus for its lack of “compliance with ILO (International Labour Organisation) commitments,” said a European Commission official.
If that should occur, it would only be the second time that the EU has removed a country from its GSP program. Burma was the first country to be dropped from the program.
The EU ranks as Belarus’ second largest export market after Russia.
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