Huh? Ask the US softwood industry about that one, Len. Tens of thousands of British Columbia foresters and sawmill workers are losing jobs, because of American import duties imposed because Canadian softwood is cheaper, better quality and more plentiful.
As Wheatfield indicated in another post, you really don't want to go there. From our perspective, NAFTA really seems to mean, "We (the US) want unrestricted access to your (Canadian) markets and resources, but if we (the US) perceive that any of your goods are so competitive that our industries suffer, we'll make up some excuse so we can place a countervaling duty on your goods. Go ahead, have the matter adjudicated; we don't care, by the time there's a hearing and decision, your industry will be so screwed, it won't matter." What's imposed at the border on (some) incoming camera shipments via Post is sales taxes and a small processing fee, not duty or tariffs. Len Paris wrote: > I think it was so intended but Canada still seems to impose > tariffs at their end. I've received stuff from Canada without > having to pay extra. Do you suppose they aren't living up to > their end of the treaty? Nah! That would never happen. > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
