JORDANIAN CLOTHING COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH EU REFUGEE-LINKED TRADE DEAL
August 1st, 2016
JORDANIAN clothing exporters are unhappy that the European Union (EU) has insisted that their workforces comprise a minimum 15% of Syrian refugees (rising to 25% in three years’ time) to benefit from special access to EU markets through the EU’s generalised scheme of preferences (GSP).
While this does mean their products will attract lower or no export duties when exported to the EU, An executive attending a meeting of Jordanian companies that manufacture under the ‘Made in Jordan’ label, concluded that the sector opposed the employment condition, as the ...
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