Spain: APAG Extremadura Asaja asks to maintain tariffs in Cambodia and Myanmar to avoid damaging the rice sector
Rice
Spain
Cambodia
Myanmar [Burma]
Published Jan 21, 2022
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The president of APAG Extremadura Asaja has expressed his concern about the withdrawal, this January, of the existing tariffs on imports from Cambodia and Myanmar, which could seriously affect the rice sector in Extremadura. Specifically, these two Asian countries have begun to benefit from the European Union's "Everything but Arms" trade regime, which allows developing countries access to the Community market without tariffs for all their products, except arms and ammunition, something that is not shares, for which the agrarian leader has requested that "the tariffs on Cambodia and Myanmar be extended." According to Metidieri, these Asian countries benefit from a regime that should not be applied, since they have been targeted for their attacks on the democratic system and human rights. It does not seem logical, Metidieri pointed out, that some countries that do not meet minimum standards and that already had sanctions for the same reason are rewarded. The agrarian leader has ...
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