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EU to scrap Belarus trade perks over labour rights

15 Jun 2007 14:40:20 GMT
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BRUSSELS, June 15 (Reuters) - The European Union will scrap trade preferences for exports from Belarus because of violations of worker rights in the former Soviet state, the bloc's trade chief Peter Mandelson said on Friday.

"Europe attaches great importance to work and labour conditions, and increasingly to environmental safeguards also. In this case Belarus is clearly flouting ILO (International Labour Organisation) standards," he said in a statement.

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