The European Commission has pushed for new measures against leather shoes from China and Vietnam despite member states' representatives having rejected two previous proposals this summer.
A proposal by trade commissioner Peter Mandelson to levy a 16.5 percent duty on 'leather upper' shoes entering the EU market from China and 10 percent duty on those from Vietnam was adopted by the commission on Wednesday (30 August).
The proposal has now been put forward to the bloc's 25 trade mi...
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