Sri Lanka: GSP+ trade with EU and human rights violations

By Dilshani Samaraweera

The European Commission (EC) says it is up to the government of Sri Lanka to make sure the country continues to benefit from the European Union’s (EU) GSP+ trade scheme.

US: older workers in long-term unemployment

By Barbara Rose

One measure of economic pain is the number of people out of work six months or more, long enough to exhaust their unemployment benefits. The Labor Department classifies them as long-term unemployed, and their numbers stayed stubbornly high even during the recent good times.