EU & Chinese imports............. .................... .............
Some EU countries wanted to impose higher tariffs upon imports from China. Doing so would have helped to protect the steel industry in EU member countries (including the UK). It would have also raised money.
However, the UK were against so it didn't happen.
It is interesting that the UK government did NOT want to protect the UK steel industry from Chinese imports... but other EU countries did.
The reason given by the UK government for their opposition was that shoes imported to the UK from China would have become slightly more expensive.
Norwich used to have a shoe manufacturing industry as did places such as Northampton. The industries were virtually wiped-out by Chinese imports.
If the UK government had supported raising tariffs on Chinese imports then the UK shoe manufacturing industries etc. may have had a chance to grow again.
EU countries are actually trying to protect manufacturing industries but the UK is against doing so. The UK government wants cheap imports from China at the expense of manufacturing jobs in the UK.
Posted By: Larry Hagman on April 29th 2016 at 14:15:48
Message Thread
- EU & Chinese imports................................. ............. (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 14:15:48
- Cobblers (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Apr 29, 15:49:51
- Everyone knows its all about shoes (n/m) (NCFC) - Ben, Apr 29, 14:36:48
- Footwear is the 7th most imported goods to the UK from China (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 15:04:49
- my bird has about 500 pairs of shoes. her purchase process is thus:- (NCFC) - Pit, Apr 29, 15:06:57
- Pit Bird sounds quite high maintenance (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 29, 16:51:24
- Yes. Tend to agree. Maybe too high. (NCFC) - Pit, Apr 29, 17:06:48
- I've got some Loake shoes (English made) and a pair of trainers (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 15:16:50
- Pit Bird sounds quite high maintenance (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 29, 16:51:24
- my bird has about 500 pairs of shoes. her purchase process is thus:- (NCFC) - Pit, Apr 29, 15:06:57
- Footwear is the 7th most imported goods to the UK from China (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 15:04:49
- I recollect the UK argument against it being that it would lead to higher steel prices (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 29, 14:32:08
- Increasing tariffs on Chinese goods would........... (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 15:46:39
- if it was that simple, Larry, we'd be doing it already (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 29, 16:03:11
- The Tories priority is financial services buying and selling commodities (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 16:15:00
- Then what stopped labour doing it? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 29, 18:11:09
- Economy was doing well (until the global crash) and there were fewer imports from China (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 19:07:41
- Then what stopped labour doing it? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 29, 18:11:09
- The Tories priority is financial services buying and selling commodities (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 16:15:00
- if it was that simple, Larry, we'd be doing it already (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 29, 16:03:11
- Yep that should help our monoculture, consumption based, debt fuelled economy become more (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Apr 29, 15:30:43
- Increasing tariffs on Chinese goods would........... (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Apr 29, 15:46:39
- Correct (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Apr 29, 14:28:21
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