[Ticker] Developing-country exports to EU reach new high

The European Commission on Monday said exports to the EU from developing countries using special tariff preferences reached a new high of some €69bn in 2018. In a report published every two years, it said exports to the EU from the 71 countries that benefit from reduced-to-zero export duties increased to almost €184bn. Nearly €69bn of these used the so-called generalised scheme of preferences (GSP).