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Commission suffers setback on Belarus trade move

27 Sep '06
1 min read

Member states have rejected European Commission proposals to punish Belarus with mini-trade sanctions in a surprising move, but the battle over the decision is not over yet.

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday (26 September) voted against the proposal to suspend Belarus from the EU's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on trade, while Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia abstained.

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