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Italian shoe industry insists China does not merit MES status

21/07/2016
The president of the Italian footwear manufacturers’ association, Annarita Pilotti, has written to the European Commission in Brussels to express concern about China possibly being granted ‘Market Economy Status’ (MES) by the European Union.

One of the consequences of this possible change would be that manufacturing industries in Europe would no longer be able to ask the EU to impose anti-dumping measures on their Chinese competitors, even if they could show that products were being imported from China at falsely cheap prices. The European footwear industry, led by Italy, successfully applied for anti-dumping measures against leather shoes imported from China between 2008 and 2011, but MES will free Chinese exporters from similar measures in future.

In her letter, Annarita Pilotti said: “The risk is that the footwear industry will no longer be able to protect itself effectively. The Commission must take a clear stand against recognition of MES status for China to defend European and Italian industry. It must take into account the fact that China currently complies with only one of the five economic criteria established by the EU for recognition of market economy status.”



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