Tag: textiles

The European Commission has announced that it will not renew limits imposed more than two years ago on textiles and clothing from China after a dramatic surge in low-cost imports from the Asian giant threatened to cause serious damage to the European manufacturing industry. 

The EU Commission is expected to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 20% on shoes with leather uppers imported from China and Vietnam.

The EU and China have sewn up a deal on the textile quotas row. The consumer organisation BEUC says it does not address the underlying problem that restrictions were imposed on Chinese imports to the detriment of consumers.

Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is likely to come under attack from textiles manufacturers and to be praised by store owners and consumer advocates over an initiative to free blocked Chinese textiles.