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EU decides to end preferential tariffs for Vietnamese footwear

Friday, 25 July 2008


BRUSSELS, July 24 (AFP): The European Union has decided to end preferential tariffs for Vietnamese-made footwear and some other goods, the European Commission said yesterday.

EU foreign ministers, at a meeting in Brussels, Tuesaday backed the renewal of the bloc's system of general preferences for products from developing countries from January 2009 to the end of 2011.