"Wes" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Uh-oh...here comes the WTO. We'll probably pay a $100 million fine for
unfair trade.


When a country has **** poor enviromental, safety, and worker protection
and sells into
our market, there should be an excise tax to level the field.

I don't have a problem with competing with the western nations and Japan.

That is my definition of fair trade.

Wes

It sounds good, Wes. Unfortunately, that isn't the way it works.

And the big thing is wages, anyway. The rest of it just matters at the
margins. But there is no margin in sight, when the relationship of wages is
20:1.

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Ed Huntress