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China's cryptic involvement in Pakistan's textile industry makes EU concer
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): Chinese debt-trap diplomacy could eventually exploit the textile industry in Pakistan to reap by proxy the benefit of the European Union's GSP+ which benefits Islamabad from zero duty on several products.
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Pakistan refuses to abolish death penalty for GSP+
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan has refused to ratify the European Union (EU) conditions including the abolition of the death penalty for the extension of a new Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status for 2024, according to local media.
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Pakistan risks losing GSP+ status as EU looks to prepare draft report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): As the European Union (EU) looks to prepare a draft report on GSP+ status, Pakistan needs to work in several areas to avoid losing the special incentive arrangements of the EU that it has enjoyed for the last seven years.
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EU mission arrives in Pakistan to assess GSP+ norms implementation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): A mission of the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to assess the effective implementation of 27 international conventions.
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EU hints at continuation of Pakistan's GSP+ status after 2023
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): A senior European Union diplomat on Monday indicated that the 'GSP Plus status beyond 2023 is possible for Pakistan' as the new government is committed to showing compliance with the high EU requirements, a local media reported.
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EU takes strong view on Pakistan's failure in complying under GSP Plus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 12 (ANI): The European Union has taken a strong view on Pakistan's failure in complying under GSP Plus even after the country's lobbying for ensuring a smooth renewal of GSP Plus incentives for their country beyond 2023.
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EU toughens stance on compliances with Pakistan under GSP Plus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Tightening sanctions on Pakistan's compliance under GSP Plus, the European Union is proposing to add five new conventions to reinforce the social, labour, environmental and climate dimensions of the scheme, as the current framework expires at the end of 202
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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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EU to decide on Pakistan's GSP+ status beyond 2023 after review; NGOs, ac
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 13 (ANI): The European Union's GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences - 'GSP+') status of Pakistan is under review for the period beginning 2024 and the country's NGOs, academics, trade unions and civil-society groups continue to be critical of compliances on even
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Feudal classes in Pakistan usurping benefits of GSP+ meant for weaker sect
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 4 (ANI): Pakistan's performance under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme of the European Union (EU), aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of developing countries, has ended up a tool in the hands of exploitative classes as the weaker sectio
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Pakistan's path to GSP+ status extension filled with uncertainties
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 1 (ANI): The abject human rights condition, poor performance in the education area and violation of labour rights might be a roadblock in Pakistan's path to getting an extension of its Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status, according to a media repo
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Imran Khan defends China's mistreatment of Uyghurs, says 'Xinjiang not wha
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Turning blind eye to Uyghur Muslim suppression in China, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ((XUAR) is not what Western media portrays.
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