EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CHINA VIETNAM SHOE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY DECISION
March 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
The Brussels plan to impose anti dumping duties on shoes imported into the EU from China and Vietnam has sharply divided EU governments with as many as ten of the 25 member states voting against it in the EU's anti-dumping committee this week. Only three countries were reported to have supported the plan proposed by Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, with 11 abstaining. The vote was only a "consultative" one, said an official in Mr Mandelson's office, and the plan will go ahead, though the Commission will attempt to find a consensus ...
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