Shoemakers in Mexico fear for their jobs as China’s admission into the World Trade Organization looms near. China’s admission into the WTO would allow China freer access to world markets and force countries such as Mexico to remove trade barriers that aim to protect domestic manufacturers from low-cost Chinese products. Vicente Fox, Mexico’s President, vows to save the shoe industry in his country by postponing the removal of protective tariffs.
See "Mexico Shoemakers Hear Footsteps of China, WTO", Chris Kraul and Evelyn Iritanis, Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2001