EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ATTACKS CHINA SHOE ANTIDUMPING DECISION
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LAST minute decision to impose European Union (EU) anti-dumping duties on shoes exported from China and Vietnam has been savaged at the European Parliament. Leading MEPs from the key socialist and liberal groups denounced the move as folly, although the parliament will not be able to reverse the decision.
Scottish Labour MEP David Martin, said on behalf of the socialist group he was "dismayed by this decision". This was "because a large number of European consumers are going to be asked to pay more for their footwear to bring ...
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