EU: Retailers brace as Sri Lanka loses trade benefit
Author: Leonie Barrie | 17 February 2010
Months of uncertainty over sourcing apparel from Sri Lanka have come to an end after the European Union (EU) this week set a deadline for withdrawing the country's GSP+ trade benefits - a move that could also lead to higher prices on some garments.
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