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I voted against granting trade preferences to Pakistan through exemption from import duties on the pretext of the floods that occurred last year. I do not think there is any logic in using exceptional trade preferences, against the rules of international trade law, as a means of emergency aid, which has its own instruments. The European Union has never done this before and nor have other countries. No other developed country has followed the same path: not the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or Canada. Even if the advantages given to Pakistan were a kind of ‘prize’ for its role in Afghanistan, I believe using trade preferences as a political instrument establishes a dangerous precedent.
Moreover, the trade advantages given to Pakistan will be paid for by the European industries most affected, namely the textile industry of southern Europe, and also by the poor countries that export the same products to Europe, which will suffer from the diversion of European imports to Pakistan, for example Bangladesh or the countries of North Africa.
However, I voted in favour of the tabled amendments, which substantially mitigate the negative impact of the proposal: safeguard clause, limit of one year and the human rights clause."@en1
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