Press Release: Commission adopts provisional anti-dumping measures on Chinese and Vietnamese leather shoes

The European Commission on 23 March 2006 adopted proposals by the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on leather shoes from China and Vietnam. The measures followed a preliminary Commission investigation that had identified clear evidence of disguised subsidies and unfair state intervention to the leather footwear sector in China and Vietnam. The Trade Commissioner firmly reiterated his willingness to work with the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to address the questions of competitive distortions raised by the Commission’s investigation.

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BBC News: EU adopts shoe dumping penalties, 23.3.06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4837216.stm

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