03/28/2011
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Colombo Page
"During a meeting with the foreign correspondents, the President has said that there EU's removal of GSP+ facility had no effect on the economy as there are more orders for Sri Lanka's garment industry"
02/25/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Feb 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has told the European Union it does not want to renew a trade deal that was withdrawn over EU concerns about human rights abuses in the island's ethnic war, a visiting EU lawmaker said.
02/03/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Feb 03, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan apparel exporters are getting enough overseas orders and not been affected as badly as feared by the loss of duty free access to European Union markets, officials said.
11/22/2010
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Fibre2Fashion
The Sri Lanka Garment Buying Officers Association (SLGBOA) recently revealed that, since the country lost its GSP plus concession facility earlier this year, a steady fall has been witnessed in its apparel shipments to the US and EU.
09/08/2010
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InterPress Service, IPS
COLOMBO, Sep 8, 2010 (IPS) - The European Union’s decision to suspend trade preferences for Sri Lankan exports may have finally come into force, but the island nation is not budging an inch on any of the powerful bloc’s recommendations on its controversial human rights record.
China, GSP+, human rights, India, trade
08/15/2010
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AFP
DANKOTUWA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan exporters braced for hard times as the EU's withdrawal of import concessions took effect Sunday after Colombo's refusal to allow scrutiny of its human rights record.
07/11/2010
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Sunday Times
The Government yesterday expressed its willingness to consider constructive proposals by the European Union in connection with the GSP Plus issue after it initially rejected the 15 conditions handed down by Brussels on June 17, a Foreign Ministry official said following extensive talks on Friday with EU officials led by Mission Chief Bernard Savage.
07/09/2010
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Bloomberg
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rates for the first time in eight months to support economic growth after the European Union withdrew trade concessions this week.
07/09/2010
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BBC Sinhala
Sri Lanka’s former President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga, has denied accusations that she influenced the European Union to withdraw the special trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
06/29/2010
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AFP
NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka's president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war in an interview published Monday.