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EU wants tariffs on Chinese shoes

The European Commission is proposing punitive import tariffs on leather shoes brought into the European Union from China and Vietnam. But EU governments are deeply divided over the plan - which requires approval by more than 50% of member states. The quantity of shoes imported from China and Vietnam has risen dramatically over the past five...

Fashion

UK retailers seek EU help for import quotas

A delegation from the UK 's largest retail groups will meet Peter Mandelson, the European Union trade commissioner, this week to voice fears that last summer's "Bra Wars" fiasco - in which millions of pounds worth of Chinese-manufactured clothing was stuck in UK ports because of the re-imposition of quotas - could be repeated. Executives from...