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一 |     Colombo, Oct 12 (UNI) Sri Lanka should expedite signing Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with major countries like China and expand the current scope of the FTA with India rather than sign FTAs with small countries, State Minister of External Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said in remarks published on Wednesday.
“At present India has signed FTAs with several countries and could use Sri Lanka as a spring board to penetrate those markets through India," Balasuriya told The Island Financial Review.
“Sri Lanka has signed FTAs with India, Pakistan and Singapore and is currently negotiating an FTA with China, which would immensely benefit the economy. Both India and China are considered countries with high growth trajectories," he said.
“Sri Lanka imports more than $3.6 billion from China while only $500 million worth exports go to China from Sri Lanka. Therefore, Sri Lanka has to look for an increase in export trade volumes in order to reap real benefit from FTAs.
“Further, India is Sri Lanka’s second largest trading partner with the bilateral merchandise trade amounting to about $3.6 billion," the newspaper quoted him a saying.
"Sri Lankan exports to India have increased substantially since 2000 when the FTA came into force and more than 60 per cent of Sri Lanka’s total exports to India over the past few years have used FTA benefits," the Minister said.
“Interestingly, only about 5 percent of India’s total exports to Sri Lanka in the past few years have used the FTA provisions, thereby indicating their overall competitiveness in the Sri Lankan market.
“Therefore, further expanding the FTA with India will enable Sri Lanka to penetrate other markets, where countries have signed FTAs with India."
The Minister went on: “Sri Lanka regained the European Union’s (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) privileges for Sri Lankan exports.
"The trade preferences under GSP+ consists of the full removal of duties on 66 per cent tariff lines, covering a wide array of products including textiles and fisheries. The GSP+ scheme is conditional upon Sri Lanka advancing human and labour rights and on working towards sustainable development.
“Macroeconomic stability and manageable inflation are important barometers for trade with European Union countries. Because of the current 70 per cent food inflation and unstable economic conditions, it will not be feasible to think of smooth trade with EU countries.”
UNI MR。    8月26日讯 近日NBA名宿拜伦·斯科特和前NBA球员阿里扎、丹尼·格林录制了《Byron Scott's Fast Break》播客，在最新更新的一期里，他们谈到科比的相关话题。主持人：斯科特，我们自从开播以来你就讲过几个科比的故事。

二 | 这次我想让你讲一个关于他日常生活的平凡时刻，发生在球场和斯台普斯中心走廊之外的故事。斯科特：我有一个很好的商业伙伴。我们刚认识时他没提过自己是凯尔特人球迷，直到后来他才告诉我。我带他去了我长大的地方，带他去了英格尔伍德的灵魂餐厅。后来有一天他说想带我去波士顿，我起初拒绝了。但他用红袜队对阵扬基队的比赛做诱饵，我就答应了。我们在波士顿玩了一圈，最后一晚他说要带我去一家叫“甜蜜生活”的意大利餐厅。

三 | 我们走进去时那里座无虚席。老板跑过来给我朋友一个拥抱，亲吻他的脸颊，然后把我们安排在后面的座位。老板过来上酒上菜时问我，知不知道这是科比最喜欢的餐厅，而且我正坐在科比常坐的位置上。我完全不知道。于是我发短信给科比核实。五分钟后科比回复我说那是他的常去之地，还推荐我点什么菜，并让我代他向老板弗兰科问好，还要了饭后的柠檬酒。我向老板转达了科比的问候，老板非常激动。后来我们去波士顿打客场比赛时，我带教练组去了那家餐厅，一进门就看到科比、瓦妮莎和女儿们正好坐在我们当时坐的那个位置上。让我惊讶的是，在波士顿这座城市，他依然能得到极大的爱与尊重。没有人去打扰他，走过的人也只是简单地打个招呼。哪怕是痛恨他的城市，依然尊重他、爱戴他。

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