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>Which really only means that there are few U.S. owned steel makers outside the U.S. selling their goods in the U.S.
>Were there lots of U.S. owned steel mills abroad then I dare say that President Bush would have acted differently.
Quite possibly he would have.
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>My theory on this issue is that President Bush went about it the wrong way. He should have (quite legitimately, as I see it) declared steel to be a critical material relating to the country's defense and so subsidized the steel industry in the U.S. and made damned sure that any steel that the U.S. Government or its direct contractors buy is from U.S. mills. Of course any excess steel to be sold abroad would have to have its price increased to make up for the subsidy.
I think the government has enough spending going on.
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>Free trade - it's a myth
Agreed.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer