Oh, Frank ... you went there. Sophisticated and lucid political commentary cannot be far behind.
frank theriault wrote: > > Huh? Ask the US softwood industry about that one, Len. Tens of > thousands of British Columbia foresters and sawmill workers are losing > jobs, because of American import duties imposed because Canadian > softwood is cheaper, better quality and more plentiful. > > As Wheatfield indicated in another post, you really don't want to go > there. From our perspective, NAFTA really seems to mean, "We (the US) > want unrestricted access to your (Canadian) markets and resources, but > if we (the US) perceive that any of your goods are so competitive that > our industries suffer, we'll make up some excuse so we can place a > countervaling duty on your goods. Go ahead, have the matter > adjudicated; we don't care, by the time there's a hearing and decision, > your industry will be so screwed, it won't matter." -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ "When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." --Edward Abbey - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
