Sri Lanka ethical trade deal at risk

Accusations of human rights abuses by Sri Lanka’s government against ethnic Tamil separatists are jeopardising a special European Union ethical trade deal that has helped its garment industry survive competition from China, April 2008.

Website: European Commission: Delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives http://www.dellka.ec.europa.eu/en/index.htm

European Commission: DG External Relations: The EU's relations with Sri Lanka http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/sri_lanka/intro/index.htm

BBC News, 18.3.08: EU attacks Sri Lanka over rights http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7303752.stm

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/08/79: EU Troika visit to Sri Lanka, March 2008 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=PRES/08/79&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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