> >murdoch wrote: > >The wheels of justice grind very slowly as to these trade disputes. > > > Has this finally been settled, or are there to be more chapters in the > > story? Even if the U.S. has stonewalled things for years, hopefully a > > fair ruling can ultimately be enforced. > > In the meantime, the local industry has been decimated, families lose > their livelihoods and competition is stifled. In >the meantime, producers in the U.S. benefit from unlimited access to the >American market preserved by the imposed trade >barrier, while their international competitors go out of business. Then, >we hear American politicians talk about the >global benefits of "free trade"--it's sheer hypocrisy. > > > But I think this is an example of a trade dispute that ultimately we > > will lose. The protectionist Steel laws enacted by Bush when he first > > came in were, it seemed to me, different and more brazenly an open > > violation of WTO agreements. So, I wonder when the > > years-long-processes are finished, if they will stand.
US did lose the illegal steel laws dispute in WTO against EU and this opens up a large range of legal tariffs against US from EU. EU suggested around 1,000 of them and can now implement it. US have brought the issues further, but I think that EU legally can implement the tariffs now and that it could be a beginning of some very big threats to free trade. Bush is showing a blatant disrespect for agreements and it will take many years to repair after he is gone. My guess is that EU now got the green light from WTO and will implement the tariffs. > Right now, the WTO has ruled against our country concerning softwood > lumber--yet the trade barriers remain. >Politicians in Canada hope to use the trade ruling to negotiate a >settlement with the United States. But how can Canada >"force" the U. S. to live up to the terms it has previously agreed to >uphold? It's ludicrous to think that other nations >have any effective means of imposing their will to the same degree that is >true of the United States. I hope that we will see US forced to live up to more agreements. It might be that US is the only military superpower left, but economically it is weakening in several ways. I also think that Canada can put limitation quotas on Natural gas deliveries, as long as US continue with the softwood lumber breach. Canada is not in a weak position and the strong US position starts to be an illusion. > Someone is probably thinking that I'm "bashing" my own country right > now. . . We don't like to hear that our conduct >can be reprehensible. We don't view ourselves as anything other than >benevolent. We're very naive that way. . . > > > > > Yes, I'd like to learn more, particularly if there are any disputes > > the U.S. has lost, and how the mechanics of this worked. > > This would be beneficial, I think. Bush have started on this road and it is a lot of things lost. It will be interesting to see in the next coming years and could turn out to be quite nasty. The new and extremely arrogant international attitude that Bush started, is already backfiring. There are things that will take time to evolve and it could be severe damages of relationships between everybody involved. It is very dangerous. Hakan >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/sO0ANB/LIdGAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
