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Burmese Imports

Volume 451: debated on Monday 6 November 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps with his EU counterparts to bring the EU trade regulations affecting imports of Burmese origin into line with those in the USA. (98076)

The UK and Burma are both members of the World Trade Organisation and are obliged to abide by its rules. To require imports from Burma to be compulsorily labelled as to their country of origin would be incompatible with the non-discrimination obligations of the WTO. Such labelling/marking is not currently a compulsory requirement for any goods sold in the European Community whether imported or EU-produced.