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Q&A: EU to Sri Lanka on GSP Plus Probe: ‘No Tit for Tat’

Source: Inter Press Service
Colombo : Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago  
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Despite acrimonious exchanges between Sri Lanka and the European Union (EU) over human rights violations on which rests the fate of continued tax-free exports to Europe, development assistance continues unhindered to the Indian Ocean island, according to Europe�s top diplomat here.
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