1.0 link 76603 <![CDATA[Shoe Industry Wants To Stomp Out Import Tax]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/13/shoe-industry-wants-to-st_n_76603.html Footwear makers and retailers are trying to stomp out a Depression-era U.S. government shoe tax, a move they say could save American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually and kick-start relatively flat footwear sales.

Trade associations and their members, such as Payless ShoeSource, Nike Inc., and Columbia Sportswear Co., have been lobbying U.S. lawmakers weekly since the summer to get them to exempt certain categories of footwear -- including all children's shoes -- from the import tariffs that can run...

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