I am about at the point on giving up on politicians, since they seem to be so ignorant when it comes to anything that has to do with science or math.
That's why I kind of agree with kilopascal. Perhaps if we write the bigwigs at Coca-Cola and Pepsi-cola, companies that already have lobbyists working for them, we can get the multinational companies to support metric only labeling.
I also agree I'd like to see kilojoules (and even the -re spelling) but writing our congressmen seems to be a big waste of time.
Mark
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From: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:39 am
Subject: [USMA:52781] Re: Free Trade with the European Union
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
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Kilopascal raises an important question.
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> Will Michael Froman negotiate favoring certain special interests in the US (inch-pound units), or negotiate favoring international harmonization (favoring SI units)?
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From: Kilopascal [kilopas...@cox.net]
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> Subject: [USMA:52776] Re: Free Trade with the European Union
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> I would have to say that writing to a US negotiator is a waste of time. We should be writing to someone from the EU side and have them insist that the US either amend the FPLA to allow metric only labels or apply a derogation
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> A US negotiator is going to fight against metric only. They will want the EU to put USC on EU product labels. But, if they do, then the EU should equalize. If The US insists on dual labels, then the EU should equally insist
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> I would have to say that writing to a US negotiator is a waste of time. We should be writing to someone from the EU side and have them insist that the US either amend the FPLA to allow metric only labels or apply a derogation
> to EU companies allowing them to sell products in the US without USC attached.
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> A US negotiator is going to fight against metric only. They will want the EU to put USC on EU product labels. But, if they do, then the EU should equalize. If The US insists on dual labels, then the EU should equally insist
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It must be noted that the the EU offered a concession to permit dual
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New negotiations are beginning to establish Free Trade with the European
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President Obama recently nominated Michael Froman to be the next Chief US
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One of the most glaring obstacles to Free Trade is the part of the US Fair
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> Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) that *requires* inclusion of non-SI units of measurement on the labels of
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Here is an opportunity that we *must not miss* to persuade the chief
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Who is willing to try to persuade Michael Froman of the importance of this
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