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A Sad Day for Democracy
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29/12/2007 03:52:29
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
 
 
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28/12/2007 09:12:09
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But that is not 'free trade' but protectionism.

You mean the protectionism that prevents more cheap, best-quality New Zealand beef appearing on US tables? ;-)

If there's going to be protectionism, it should be to promote indigenous industry in poor countries that need to develop it. Rich countries using trade barriers to prop up inefficient local producers while imposing penalties if other countries impose reciprocal barriers (e.g. on software or pharmaceuticals) doesn't seem that "fair". JMHO.

FWIW, see http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/01/business/farm.php , in particular the double-speak from the Washington fellow.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us.
"
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
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