Ineffective Steel Tariffs Now Illegal(violated international treaties)

http://www.forbes.com/ ^ | 11.11.03 | Dan Ackman

[veryone]

a package of 34 treaties, all of which were ratified by a show of hands -- no recorded vote.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a325b3f5d31.htm

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>The ruling exposes U.S. exporters to more than $2 billion in sanctions unless the U.S. agrees to end quickly its illegal policy. If they go into effect, the penalty would be the biggest ever levied by one WTO member against another.

No, the EU, in particular, always wanted to hammer us. This stupid steel tariff just gave them the pretext on a silver platter.

Oh and 1 paragraph later, the article strongly suggests that the tariff failed to serve it's intended purpose. Rather than ramping up domestic production. It's too bad there are no statistics on what a ton of steel now costs as compared to before the tariff. If domestic production is static and imports are way off, it doesn't take Milton Friedman to figure out what should happen to the costomers of these mills.

[veryone]

[.cnI redruM]

That steel tariff just exported 200K of our jobs and the retaliation by other countries will hammer our farmers. We have have to stop the tariff stupidity now. Or, yes, we will be exporting America's future.

[harpseal]

Ping for a title with a lie in it

[GOPcapitalist]

We have have to stop the tariff stupidity now.

Exactly, and these people in the manufacturing industry need to get the message that their outmoded jobs are just that - outmoded for this country. The labor union-style manufacturing jobs are indeed on the decline, but jobs in everything else are shooting through the roof as of the most recent quarter. And I don't care if everyone in their family has always worked in the steel mill going back to their great great great something graddaddy. My great great great something granddaddy was a blacksmith but you don't see me banging metal scraps into horseshoes over an open flame.

[JustAnAmerican]

Thanks, It's amazing the lengths "Free-Traitors" will go to to convince us it's ok for us to except an un-level playing field.

[.cnI redruM]

This is exactly what happened to Britain during the 70's. They were still protecting WWII factories that made products noone used. It gave Margaret Thatcher her famous campaign slogan. "Labour Doesn't Work."

[RogueIsland]

Thanks, It's amazing the lengths "Free-Traitors" will go to to convince us it's ok for us to except an un-level playing field.

Stop complaining and get back to work, prole, or you won't get your bowl of rice today. You have profits to make for your masters. ;-)

[Lazamataz]

SEVERAL lies in it.

One solution to the Unfair Trade issue is the Bush effort to devalue the dollar (slowly). It makes for less expensive American goods/services, more expensive foreign goods/services, and it causes the Free Traitor brigade to screech a little less obnoxiously.

[JustAnAmerican]

"And I don't care if everyone in their family has always worked in the steel mill going back to their great great great something graddaddy. My great great great something granddaddy was a blacksmith but you don't see me banging metal scraps into horseshoes over an open flame.".

I will be the first to remind you of that the next time a "Foreign Suppier" decides it will not make a critical part for one of our DOD projects, or when most Americans are working flipping burgers or at Walmart. I don't like Unions but I Despise companies that think it's ok to hire a foreigner instead of an American just because they will work for $1.00 per hour. The backlash against greedy "Free-Traitors" is just around the corner.

[veryone]

Why does anyone miss the point? This WTO is a Secret broad no one knows who set on broad, making Decision for all of World Trade

[veryone]

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie; Outsourcing is Tantamount to Slavery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1017775/posts

[.cnI redruM]

I don't think the WTO has much to do with it. Here's what I think happened.

1) The US put a 30% tariff on steel imports.

2) The EU wanted to kick our agriculture out of their market. This stupid steel tariff gave them the perfect opening to launch their pre-planned tariff initiative.

3) The DOMESTIC effects of our anti-steel tariff have been more painful than any benefit we may have gained by 'protecting' our steel industry from competition.

4) The WTO, which I have am convinced consists of a bunch of bed-wetting, socialist pink-wieners, merely voted to enact what they were utterly powerless to stop.

Unless the WTO, God Forbid, gets an 800 ship modern navy, they won't really exercise any authority over international trade. I'm unclear as to why they actually exist.

[GOPcapitalist]

I will be the first to remind you of that the next time a "Foreign Suppier" decides it will not make a critical part for one of our DOD projects, or when most Americans are working flipping burgers or at Walmart.

I'll happily recieve your reminder if you desire to make it, but since that day will never come due to the laws of economics, I am confident that I have little to fear from you.

[flashbunny]

Why does anyone miss the point? This WTO is a Secret broad no one knows who set on broad, making Decision for all of World Trade.

I agree. Everyone should be very wary of secret broads. And redheaded broads, too - I hear they can be trouble.

[RiflemanSharpe]

We need to get out of the WTO now.

[veryone]

U.S money has support Socialism for 60 Years !!

[mac_truck]

3) The DOMESTIC effects of our anti-steel tariff have been more painful than any benefit we may have gained by 'protecting' our steel industry from competition

Huh? what domestic effects are you talking about? Name one.