(Politico) The EU could be at risk of breaching global trade rules — if it pushes ahead with a controversial plan to link trade benefits to resettling migrants.
That’s the verdict of a former World Trade Organization lawyer, as the European institutions gear up for negotiations Thursday on renewing a scheme offering preferential tariffs to developing countries.
The plan, known as the Generalized Scheme of Preferences or GSP, allows developing countries to export goods to the EU at low or no tariffs.
In its revised version, Brussels and EU capitals want to make the lower tariffs conditional on third countries taking back undocumented migrants.
