TSUNAMI PREFERENCES

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced plans to bring forward by three months - to April 1 - its planned introduction of tariff preferences for developing countries for those states affected by the Tsunami disaster. European Union (EU) tariffs cuts will follow for a wide range of food products exported by India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.



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