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No, I just can tell a red herring and straw man change of subject when I see one. Nobody here is arguing for a Kyoto protocol or world taxation scheme, we are talking about H-1b visas. I oppose Kyoto as does W and the US Senate, so it hasn't a prayer of happening. I approve of expanding H-1bs as does W, which is the subject on the floor. And involves no surrender of sovereignty of any kind. Lacking any actual argument on that subject, you pretend those you are debating have a different position you have an argument against. Which is nonsense, and has nothing to do with the economic competitiveness reason to support expanded H-1bs.

And involves no surrender of sovereignty of any kind

India demands that the cap on h1b visas is raised. They have more authority over our congress than the American people. I call that loss of sovereignty, don't you?

India demands 195K H1-B US visas

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005 01:01:14 AM]
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NEW DELHI: IN A move that has significance for Indian professionals seeking to work in the US, the government has made a formal proposal to the WTO demanding that the yearly quota of H1B visas be increased to 1,95,000 from the current ceiling of 65,000.

If conceded, the move could turn out to be a boon for IT and other skilled professionals heading for the US.

In the ongoing WTO talks, India has made enhancement of the H1B quota as a key bargaining chip for offering concessions on market access for industrial products and farm goods, highly-placed government officials said.

Even if the US partly concedes the Indian demand, it will be a big step forward in liberalisation of norms governing movement of natural persons — as work permits are called in WTO parlance.

A formal proposal to this effect has been submitted by India and response from the US is awaited, the sources said.

I oppose Kyoto as does W and the US Senate, so it hasn't a prayer of happening.

Putting aside the bogus crises of global worming (I will worry about it when Greenland is a green land again, see also State of Fear), I am afraid you are opposed to it for wrong reasons, you might be also against the environmental regulations that prevent release of toxins into air and water.

Maybe you are not aware that many of the trade agreements we have made recently are set up so as to be mediated by the WTO or other world bodies. The WTO in many cases gets to decide whether we will have to issue more H-1B visas in order to be "fair" to our trading partner. This can result in international lawsuits aganst our corporations by our trading partners. Then pressure is applied by these corporations on our elected officials to make the needed changes. This is not always beneficial to the US.