Author (Person) | Chaffin, Joshua |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 9.5.11 |
Publication Date | 09/05/2011 |
Content Type | News |
The European Union announced on the 10 May 2011 proposals to rescind trade benefits for dozens of developing countries, including Russia and Brazil, because officials believe they have grown too wealthy and no longer deserve preferential access to the world’s largest market. Their exclusion would be the biggest consequence of a proposed overhaul of a longstanding EU trade programme known as the generalised system of preferences, or GSP, which aims to help poor countries by reducing the tariffs the bloc imposes on their exports. |
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Subject Categories | Trade |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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