[Winona Online Democracy]
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Subject: [Winona] Anti Dumping Laws
[Winona Online Democracy]
Anti-dumping laws are aimed at imports priced at less than the cost in
the home market or less than the cost of production. Their imposition is
extremely complex and political, and their chief results are often higher
prices for all consumers. But in the case of drugs, I'm sure you do not
mean that we should invoke the laws against Canada for its cheaper prices? The
success of such an action, although extremely unlikely, could lead to
even higher prices for drugs than exist now. Since the American drug companies
do not approve of the lower prices Canada is using, how would they fit
in? The laws are aimed at foreign countries, not at the home
country of production. There are laws (not anti-dumping) concerning sending
material overseas and then reselling at lower prices than would exist in
the home market otherwise, but these hardly apply in the drug situation.
Unless I'm missing something in your suggestion, I'd say that anti-dumping
laws are simply not applicable and that if they were, we'd be worse off.
Roy Nasstrom
Winona
Since the pharmaceutical industry
is selling American made drugs in other counties below domestic wholesale
prices would that not be a violation of anti dumping laws??? If the
tobacco lawyers and Attorney General could channel there interest in this
approach maybe Minnesota could get
dumped on and local pharmacist be provided with wholesale prices that compete
with the global competition.
What are the ground rules for
Anti-Dumping trade practices and penalties?
Paul Double
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