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‘The Idea That China Growing Wealthier Is a Threat to Us Is Wacky’: CounterSpin interview with Dean Baker on China trade policy
17 Jan 2025 00:46 GMT
… and increased trade relations between Europe and China. Let’s not be … opened up to China, allowed them into the WTO in 2000, there … by having people work in shoe factories for two bucks an … way with China.
And, again, there are conflicts. Europe subsidizes the …
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Germany’s economy shrinks for second year in a row
15 Jan 2025 14:00 GMT
Germany’s economy contracted for the second consecutive year in 2024 as cautious consumers curtailed spending even as competition from China eroded the country’s traditional export markets, particularly cars and industrial machinery. The development …
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Vietnam and China Manufacturing: Key Comparisons for Business Strategies
04 Dec 2024 15:00 GMT
… Nike brand footwear in 2023.
Manufacturing capabilities
China boasts the … is recognized for producing textiles, footwear, and furniture, with the … norms. According to the WTO’s 2020 Trade Policy Review … to the United States and Europe. Many of these companies …
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Footwear industry eyes UKVFTA to bolster exports
11 Nov 2024 05:28 GMT
… US, the EU and China.
Before leaving the EU bloc, the … are familiar with Vietnamese footwear. Footwear accounts for around … row.
Nevertheless, the UK is a highly competitive market for footwear … market.
These include China, whose footwear exports account for 40 …
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Taiwanese Business’ Mistreatment of Chinese Workers Intensifies Anti-Taiwan Sentiment in China
01 Nov 2024 11:43 GMT
… 1994, an incident at Yongqi Footwear, a Taiwanese enterprise in … businesses annually.
According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, … is seen as a labor dispute, unrelated to national issues. … Diligence Act,” and the EU’s “Corporate Sustainability Due …
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USTR Launches Tariff Exclusion Process for China-Made Textile Production Machinery
24 Oct 2024 18:08 GMT
… manufacturing machinery made in China.
In keeping with the … .”
Certain equipment made for footwear manufacturing, too, like sewing … among other technologies sourced from Europe.
“We’re keeping a … is subject to any antidumping or countervailing duty order …
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The White House's Contempt for China, Russia, Now Includes Iran - Analysis
13 Oct 2024 00:07 GMT
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iran-us row, iran-us talks, iranian … Middle East and Eastern Europe. In Eastern Europe, Ukraine's … waiting for the next shoe to drop with regard … . Russia became more assertive, China became more assertive, Iran, …
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China’s plan to get around Western tariffs: Fill the world with factories
05 Oct 2024 05:15 GMT
… Commission and China within the framework of the WTO [World … for China to realize [this] and recognize that Europe may … past March. The US-EU tariff counterattack followed shortly … shoe factories, textile manufacturing and similar products. But today, China …
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Forum on China-Africa Cooperation evades contradictions at the end of the Belt and Road: Chinese investment, finance and trade controversies in Southern Africa
22 Sep 2024 15:11 GMT
… manufacturing sectors (clothing, textiles, footwear, appliances, electronics, etc), and … , Roberts (2024) continues, China “cannot be considered even sub … that will begin in Europe in 2026 and the … two countries allowed the dispute to be escalated into …
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China's probe of Canadian canola seen as 'a signal and a threat'
03 Sep 2024 20:13 GMT
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China is opening an antidumping investigation of Canada … s relevant practices to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism,” the spokesman … other than Canada, such as Europe.
“I think this is … .
“There’s many more shoes to drop along the way …