[USMA:25877] Re: EU and 2009

[Norman & Nancy Werling]

What I fear is that in 2009 if the American economy is as pitiful as it is today, the U.S. government and industries will plead that it would be an unfair trade practice to insist that the U.S. use SI only.  The U.S. may manage to avoid confronting the metric issue altogether if that case can be successfully presented.   Norm   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 19:11 Subject: [USMA:25876] Re: EU and 2009 In a message dated 2003-05-28 14:26:06 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess what we're all afraid of is that US industry will cry and say that they need more time, and the EU says "OK.  Come back in 2019 and we'll talk about it then."  Stephen That is exactly what we are afraid of.  Do nothing for 10 years then come to the EU again, crying the blues for the third time. Carleton