The European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmstrom, has responded to a request by Italian tanners submitted in November to look into tariffs on hides and skins from new members of the World Trade Organisation. 

The tanners had complained of a lack of reciprocity in the regulatory obligations in terms of the protection of health and the environment from non-European countries, as well as tax burdens and poor access to credit for small businesses.

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