European Union member states yesterday rejected a plan to extend anti-dumping duties against Chinese and Vietnamese footwear.
The vote in the member states' anti-dumping committee was an embarrassment for Lady Ashton, the trade commissioner, who had advocated extended duties. The 15-10 vote, with two abstentions, underlined the difficulty of forging a compromise for one of the most divisive trade disputes facing the bloc.
The complexity of that task has been increased by an economic crisis that has raised fears of protectionism and added a new element of tension to the European Union's trade relations with China.
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