Vietnamese government asks EU to remove shoes anti-dumping tax
29/8/2008 17:07
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has proposed that the
European Union (EU) remove the imposition of anti-dumping tax on Vietnam's
leather-capped shoes exported to the block, local newspaper Vietnam News
reported today.
He told a meeting with European entrepreneurs in Hanoi
yesterday that over the past two years, the EU's anti-dumping tax imposition had
affected many businesses, including those from Europe, and nearly one million
Vietnamese workers.
The deputy prime minister also called on the EU to
recognize Vietnam as a market economy and urged European businesspeople to voice
their support for Vietnam's proposals to help boost economic ties between the
two sides.
He said Europe had become Vietnam's most important economic
partner, with two-way trade growing at 15-20 percent annually and reaching US$14
billion last year.
Xinhua
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