PHILIPPINE GARMENT EXPORTERS REACT TO EU PUSH FOR TRADE SANCTIONS BY ASKING FOR CONCESSIONS
November 2nd, 2020
THE PHILIPPINES garment industry is preparing to petition the European Commission, asking it not to consider calls for the country to lose its Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) access to European Union (EU) markets.
The call follows a resolution adopted by the European Parliament in late-September calling on the European Commission to temporarily withdraw Philippines access from the scheme because of human rights abuses.
MEPs acted over what it regards as “the seriousness of the human rights violations” committed by the administration of ...
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