Brussels, 12/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The end of the “shoe wars” is nigh. European manufacturers are about to give up on their attempts to have customs duties on imports of leather shoes from China and Vietnam extended, and instead will demand that imports be monitored weekly.
The “shoe war”, which has seen European manufacturers in opposition to distributers and retailers, are due to end with the expiry in March of the customs duties which, since 2006, with an extension in 2009,...