Lou,
The point
was that many other countries already have
tariffs and quotas on imports from the USA. By creating a system
to reflect their own tariffs back in their faces, with them determining the
tariff, it would encourage them to reduce them. If they don’t want a US tariff
all they need to do is eliminate their own and the US tariff automatically goes
away.
Dave
Homstad
56 Dodge
D500
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008
10:43 AM
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Subject: [FWDLK] Import vs. export
I think its much more
complicated than that. This has been an issue for hundred of years:
import vs. export. Even more so in the industrial age. Every country
wants to bring money INTO its economy by exporting goods and services. When
governments apply tariffs or quotas on imports, the foreign counterparts do the
same thing, so then your own exports go down, severely limiting growth.
Its political cat and mouse, trying to keep the foreign markets open (by
allowing imports) and figuring out how to export MORE than you import.
There are people who devote all their time and energy to these things.
Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_trade
and look at the various models/theories they cover.
Also, here is another take on Detroit laxness. A bit superficial, but you get
the idea:
10 Cars That Sank Detroit
Lou
JRawa@xxxxxxx wrote:
stop importing and buy
american....good idea.... but then we'd be a pro-american country and
economy... and thats not politically correct in the modern world...
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