We will definitely talk about this next week in class:
BRUSSELS - The EU's shoe-producing countries have won a battle for a two-year anti-dumping regime against imports of Asian footwear starting from Saturday (7 October), with European retailers and consumer groups strongly criticising the move.
After weeks of debate on the controversial issue, the European Commission got the go-ahead from member states on Wednesday to impose tariffs of 16.5 percent on leather-shoe imports from China and 10 percent on Vietnamese imports.
Under EU rules, the commission's plan could not go ahead if it was opposed by a majority of the 25 member states. But while this was the case during previous rounds of trade talks, Wednesday's vote saw 12 countries rejecting the protectionist move with nine voting in favour and four abstentions -which count as approvals in this case.