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New tariffs will cost shoe importers an extra $1 billion

16/12/2019

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) wrote to US president, Donald Trump, on December 12 to emphasise the need for an agreement with China to eliminate tariffs that are currently in place on goods trading between the two countries, and to remove the threat of additional tariffs scheduled to take effect on December 15. AAFA chief...

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