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The European Union has announced it is suspending a preferential trade scheme with Sri Lanka after the country refused to make written pledges to improve its human rights record.

Announcing the move on Monday, Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign affairs chief, said she regretted Sri Lanka's decision "not to take up an offer made in good faith", but she said the EU would "keep the door open" for Sri Lanka to return to talks.

Sri Lanka has said the EU's demands are a violation of its sovereignty and part of a Western campaign to punish it after it defeated Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009.

In February the EU said it was giving Sri Lanka six months to enact three UN accords on issues such as torture, children's rights and civil and political rights, no action was taken.

As a result from August 15 Sri Lankan fisheries products and clothing will be subject to new taxes.

EU officials have given no estimate of the financial impact of the loss of preferential treatment.

In 2008, Sri Lankan exports to the EU totalled $1.55bn

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/07/20107651050202334.html
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