Number 4

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

8 questions and answers to summarize the scope of the new Law Decree (DL n.68 of June 9th, 2020). Plus, data that explains the efficacy of the Law Decree and the need for it

THE WAY EUROPE ACTS

THE MOMENT EUROPE WAS WAITING FOR

Cotance welcomes the Leather Decree approved in Italy. And hopes it can trigger a change of pace in the European Commission too

BRAZIL’S EXPERIENCE

José Fernando Bello, executive president of CICB welcomes the new Italian Law and, after 55 years of “Lei do Couro”, tells the story of how the leather one is a cultural battle

THEY GO, THEY COME, AND (MAYBE) THEY COME BACK | A MERRY-GO-ROUND AS BIG AS THE WORLD

Covid-19 brought back to the top the possible urgency of reshoring (in a, perhaps, concretely ephemeral way). But can we relocate to Italy, France, the West, productions distributed over decades wherever costs were lower?

THEY GO, THEY COME, AND (MAYBE) THEY COME BACK | NO, DONALD: DUTIES ARE OF NO USE

The commercial trade-war with China hasn’t helped the reshoring of footwear manufacturers in the States. On the contrary, it created more issues, further aggravated by Covid-19. Matt Priest (FDRA) hopes the White House will change direction

ITALIAN ARTISAN | STORIES NATASHA’S CHOICE

After 24 years in the US Army, Natasha Norie Standard changed her life, “studied footwear” in Milan, and established her own brand, produced between Vigevano and Naples. This is her story

EDITORIAL | SLOW IS THE NEW HOT

CULTURE CLUB