[Winona Online Democracy]
Your post piqued my curiosity and I found this
article which gives a snopsis regarding the book. I may go further--it
looks interswting. Thanks Duane!
Kathy Seifert
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Subject: Re: [Winona] Anti Dumping
Laws
> [Winona Online Democracy]
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> I am now reading a new
book called "the 2% solution" which deals with the
> impossible to solve
problems we have with medicare,education, and other hot
> button
issues. It seems to be a neutral solution that both parties could
>
use or agree upon. I'll get it back to the library in about a week and
you
> can look for it. I'll be interested in what you think of the
solutions
> proposed.
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> To:
"Online Democracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 17:34
> Subject: FW:
[Winona] Anti Dumping Laws
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> Roy and others,
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My thought is that the Attorney General of Minnesota could file a law
suit
> against the U.S. Government claiming that because prices in Canada
are
> cheaper then the drug companies must be dumping drugs on the
Canadian market
> and other export markets and Minnesota consumers are
hurt by the practice.
> The drug company's past arguments have been they
are cost shifting which has
> been and still is one of the major problems
in the healthcare industry today
> for Minnesota consumers. In an
effort to reduce U.S. made drug prices the
> drug companies would be
forced to produce production costs and market data
> that would support
their position that they are not dumping product at lower
> prices on
their export sales thus forcing them to either stop the dumping by
>
raising export prices or to lower U.S. prices as part of a settlement.
>
Washington would be forced to enforce the dumping laws on the the
industry
> they are currently protecting. Minnesota may even find
some relief from the
> Washington crowd in reimportation using the
Anti-Dumping Laws as a way to
> justify the feds lack of enforcement on
dumping. It could lead to the
> Federal Trade Commission to jump in
with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and a
> few other laws to put the
industry's feet to the fire. Using the anti
> dumping laws may be a
way to force fair prices in the U.S.. The feds have
> the tools to lower
prices without price controls they just need to step up
> to the plate and
remember they hold lots of big sticks to get the job done.
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> PS
if the drug companies shipped their production overseas then all drugs
>
would be imported and the argument against re-importation would be hard
to
> justify.
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> Paul Double
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> From: Paul Double
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To: Online Democracy <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:30 AM
> Subject:
[Winona] Anti Dumping Laws
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> 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.
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> Roy Nasstrom
> Winona
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> 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.
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> What are the ground rules
for Anti-Dumping trade practices and penalties?
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> Paul Double
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