Prime Minister assures return of EU GSP plus

11 Aug, 2015

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today assured that Sri Lanka will regain the?GSP plus trade concession from the European Union.

The Prime Minister gave the assurance when he met local and foreign garment?industry officials at Temple Trees today.

Wickremesinghe also urged the garment industry representatives to increase the wages of garment workers once the GSP plus trade concession is regained by Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka lost GSP plus from the EU after it failed to meet the criteria to continue as a beneficiary of the trade concession. (Colombo Gazette)

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