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Latin American shoemakers call on WTO for help

11/12/2014

Ysmael Lopez Garcia, president of the Guanajuato Chamber of the Footwear Industry, has requested that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) establish regulations for “ethical trade in commercial practices”. "On behalf of Latin American footwear industries that produce 1,500 million pairs annually – from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico,...

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