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New Balance pushes US to keep footwear tariffs

14/09/2012

US athletic footwear manufacturer New Balance pressed the top US trade official to maintain tariffs on shoes when he visited one of its factories in Maine. New Balance is one of the only brands to manufacture footwear in the US – it employs 1,350 out of the 3,000 total workers – and its management is worried about its ability to compete if the...

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