Members approve EU waiver request for trade aid to Pakistan

The following is from a 1 February 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.

The Council for Trade in Goods, on 1 February 2012, approved a request by the European Union to temporarily lift EU duties on certain products from Pakistan to help the country recover from massive floods in 2010. This request for a waiver from its WTO obligations was initially made by the EU on 30 November 2010.

This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/good_02feb12_e.htm