Why does anyone care what the NAM thinks with regards to an FPLA ammendment? Why does their conensus matter?
I'm asking out of curiousity. Couldn't the FPLA be ammended without NAM support? Their reasoning is quite silly anyway... "Was there a real deal where NAM would allow metric only labels if > the EU dropped their bid?" I'm curious about this as well. On Tue, 8 May 2007 09:54:06 -0600, Mike Millet wrote > :(. Sad. I was hoping the Europeans would stick to their guns and > force it through. I guess all we can hope for is NAM cooperating. > Was there a real deal where NAM would allow metric only labels if > the EU dropped their bid? > > Mike > > On 5/8/07, Hillger, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > To Listserver subscribers: > > > > > > > > Below is a link to a story titled "*Brussels** drops bid to ban imperial > > measures*" > > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070508/wl_uk_afp/eumetric_070508114519 > > > > > > > > Although this is not the best news, it does give us hope that now, in > > return, NAM (National Association of Manufacturers) will follow through in > > supporting the metric-only amendment to the FPLA as they were bargaining > > for, if the EU would allow imperial measures to continue. The two actions > > sounded (to me) a bit contradictory, but that's what industry was bargaining > > for. > > > > > > > > > > > > Don Hillger > > > > USMA Webmaster > > > > USMA listserver owner > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
