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APTMA, EU open talks on GSP+ renewal

Pakistan Published 19 September 2026, 04:55 · archived 19 Sep 2026

LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile industry and the European Union have opened discussions on securing a renewal of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade facility, with EU Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis stressing that progress on human rights, labour and environmental reforms would be crucial to retaining the scheme beyond its 2027 expiry. The ambassador, accompanied by First Secretary Kert Ajamaa, Development Cooperation Manager Theis Munksgaard-Hansen and Senior Economist/ Trade Advisor Husnain A Iftakhar, met senior office-bearers of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association ...

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