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BURMA LOSES EU PRIVILEGES
Burma loses EU privileges
Brussels, Dec. 18: The Europeans Commission called on
Wednesday for Burma to be stripped of trade privileges
currently accorded by the European Union after finding
evidence of the widespread use of forced labor there.
The EU executive arm unanimously approved a recommendation
that Burma's membership of the generalized System of Preferences,
which accords developing countries preferential tariffs on their exports
to the EU, be suspended indefinitely. The decision has to be ratified
by EU foreign ministers. This is seen as a formality in light to the
Burmese regime's refusal to improve its record on human and
democratic rights.(AFP)