VIETNAM: Trade group opposes EC shoe tariff plans
Author: just-style.com | 17 June 2008
The Vietnam Leather and Shoes Association (Lefaso) has reacted angrily to the decision by the European Commission (EC) to exclude Vietnamese footwear exports from the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) scheme.
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