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Shoemakers seek protection as retailers call for change in Brussels

A trade dispute over tariffs on cheap Chinese shoes is brewing at the European Commission as Italian and Spanish footwear manufacturers prepare to fight for continued European protection against Far Eastern imports. ...full story at Times Online

from Times Online on Mon, Sep 28 2009

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