Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the United States’ request for a WTO waiver to extend the system of preferential treatment granted to the Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

The objective of this proposal is to establish the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the United States' request for a renewal of its WTO waiver and thus allow the European Union to support this waiver request.

The granting of the US' request for a renewal of the WTO waiver would allow the US to continue providing preferential treatment to eligible products of the Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau) imported into the customs territory of the United States until 31 December 2026.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)412: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:412:FIN

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