EU STRIKES TEXTILE CLOTHING TRADE DEALWITH BELARUS FOR 2007
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has again refused to give Belarus free access to the European Union (EU) market for textiles and clothing because of its appalling human rights record, making it one of four countries excluded from quota-free trade, also including North Korea, Kosovo and Montenegro.
Brussels has published details of a 2007 textile and clothing trade deal, has similar rights for Belarus as last year's agreement. It comes as EU external affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner has declared: "As soon as the country indicates a ...
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