{"id":7269,"date":"2026-07-23T20:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7269"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:07:38","slug":"pakistan-disappointed-with-eu-report-on-gsp-compliance-issues-says-it-understates-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7269","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ‘disappointed’ with EU report on GSP+ compliance issues, says it understates reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pakistan on Thursday expressed \u201cdisappointment\u201d with the European Union\u2019s (EU) recent report<\/a> that pointed out issues in Pakistan\u2019s compliance with its commitments under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report was issued last week as part of the European Commission\u2019s global assessment of the GSP during the 2023-2025 period. It said Pakistan had \u201cregressed in a number of areas while positive change was limited\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to a query during a weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi appreciated the report\u2019s \u201cacknowledgement of Pakistan\u2019s legislative progress\u201d and its continued compliance with 27 international conventions under the GSP+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevertheless, I would be remiss if I do not express disappointment with the assessment, with the report\u2019s overall narrative which does not present sufficiently balanced pictures of Pakistan\u2019s performance,\u201d Andrabi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the EU report \u201cunderstates the breadth of reforms undertaken since Pakistan joined GSP+ in 2014\u201d and \u201cplaces disproportionate emphasis on the lower-than-desired progress in a few areas\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the FO spokesman affirmed that GSP+ remained \u201ccentral to Pakistan\u2019s economic relationship with the EU, supporting exports, employment, women\u2019s economic participation, poverty reduction and broader economic development\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He observed that GSP+ was a \u201cmutually beneficial arrangement in that aspect\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will remain constructively engaged with the European Commission and other EU institutions and remain committed to the effective implementation of international conventions underpinning the GSP framework,\u201d Andrabi affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He highlighted that beyond GSP+, Pakistan\u2019s EU cooperation extended to development, migration, counterterrorism, regional stability, climate resilience, connectivity and many other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan on Thursday expressed \u201cdisappointment\u201d with the European Union\u2019s (EU) recent report that pointed out issues in Pakistan\u2019s compliance with its commitments under the Generalised Scheme of..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1.png",434,432,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1.png",434,432,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1.png",434,432,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1.png",434,432,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-005143-1.png",434,432,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7270,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7269\/revisions\/7270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}