This could be an important test of American sovereigntyy if the WTO gets involved.
1 posted on
03/02/2007 6:49:40 AM PST by
mac_truck
To: mac_truck
Ask any business man in any manufacturing sector if the Chinese imports have hurt his business and made it harder to compete and be successful. ...to hire more workers and expand.
In short, it's slow bleed with lots of companies actually moving production to China and bringing it back cheaper than producing it here.
To: mac_truck
3 posted on
03/02/2007 6:56:06 AM PST by
GovernmentIsTheProblem
(Capitalism is the economic expression of individual liberty. Pass it on.)
To: mac_truck
American paper companies are getting out of the coated paper business as fast as they can... The remaining money maker is liner board, brown paper for boxes.
To: mac_truck
I see laminate flooring (made virtually completely from pressed recycled paper) from China for as little as 63c/SF retail for a single box. And remember that that includes the cost of shipping it. There are plenty of people who just want to get the cheapest stuff they can find and there's plenty of Chinese stores to accomodate them.
8 posted on
03/02/2007 7:08:53 AM PST by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: mac_truck
The US paper mills just got through taking out a good chunk of domestic production in order to raise prices.
9 posted on
03/02/2007 7:09:20 AM PST by
listenhillary
(You can lead a man to reason, but you can't make him think)
To: mac_truck
Roy is deeply saddened.
14 posted on
03/02/2007 8:14:18 AM PST by
jmc813
(Rudy Giuliani as the Republican nominee is like Martin Luther being Pope.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson