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This report is on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan. In terms of humanitarian aid, the European Union always leads the way. That was the case last summer, when floods devastated a large part of Pakistan, with enormous human and material losses. In addition to humanitarian assistance in the first hours of the disaster, the EU also has sought other ways to support the economic recovery of the country embodied in the proposed regulation. However, we have to ensure protection against aspects that could damage some European trade sectors, namely textiles. In addition, I belief that ‘trade preferences’ are not the right way to help a country that is the victim of a disaster. These preferences may even give rise to a dangerous precedent. We cannot forget that the current economic and financial crisis has placed those companies most exposed to globalisation in a vulnerable situation, and it is not acceptable that ‘trade preferences’ could have a detrimental effect on them."@en1
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