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Four-member committee to look into GSP+ concession

There was a great deal of misunderstanding about the GSP+ concession to the apparel industry but President Mahinda Rajapaksa had appointed a four member ministerial sub - committee to look into the GSP+ concession. The Government is not prepared to allow any external forces to conduct any inquiry in the country to consider giving the concession which could be an interference with the sovereignty and dignity of the country, said Export Development and International Trade Minister Prof G.L.Peiris addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing Thursday. We were able to defeat terrorism under a well planned strategy but no country believed that we could defeat the LTTE. Under the GSP+ concession 7,200 varieties of goods could be exported duty free to all EU countries. The greatest benefit from the concession would be to working women in the rural sector.

"At this juncture when our economy is growing rapidly with peace achieved denying the GSP+ concession would be a deprivation of human rights of the low income groups of people in the country. The four member ministerial sub-committee was continuing a dialogue with all parties concerned including employers, and trade unions. The Ambassador for the European Union based in Brussels is also continuing a dialogue with the EU," the Minister said.

Though the GSP+ concession is useful to the country, the Government is not prepared to get it at whatever cost but with dignity and honour for the country and we would at all costs safeguard the Armed Forces even at the cost of our lives," Prof Peiris said.

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