Posted on 09/28/2009 6:10:44 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China: complaints on US chicken dumping justified
Sun Sep 27, 3:26 am ET
BEIJING (AFP) China said Sunday it had grounds to start a formal anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into American chicken meat imports, as tensions persist following President Hu Jintao's visit to the US.
The Commerce Ministry announcement said an initial examination that began two weeks ago into domestic chicken producers' concerns had grounds and officials would now formally investigate the US imports.
"The ministry had carefully evaluated the applications... and decided to start an investigation into unfair trade practices such as dumping and subsidies of chicken products imported from the United States," it said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The 2005 energy bill contained the first-ever requirement that these fuels be mixed into the nation's gasoline supply. Beginning in 2006, the mandate came on top of massive subsidies and tax breaks already enjoyed by domestic ethanol producers.
Last time I looked the REPUBLICANS were in the MAJORITY in both houses in 2005, and had been since 1994, so save your lame bushbot blame it on Jimmy Carter and the Democrats bull sh!t for someone who's impressed by fiction. There is a reason that the Republicans lost the last couple of national elections big time, and this is part of it.
That's just crap folks, the ethanol game has been paying off for democrats ever since Carter if you remember it or not and whether or not republicans went along in ‘05 is moot. Democrat propagandists sure know how to keep everyone looking in the wrong places, I'll give them that.
Keep on thinking what you like, but so far it hasn't really worked out now has it? Like I said, after about half as many years of republican majorities in both houses as there have been democrat majorities in both houses, blaming republicans for creating a problem will carry a little weight. At present, though, the best you can do is say they played along with long time democrat games on this or that issue, not that they created the mess.
have a nice day
What part of:
The 2005 energy bill contained the first-ever requirement that these fuels be mixed into the nation's gasoline supply
don't you understand? The REPUBLICAN Kongress passed it and Bush signed it. Two undisputable facts. It wasn't the "Democrats made them do it." They did it all on their own to pay off the big political contributions from ADM who you rightly identified as one of the key beneficiaries of this ongong scam on the taxpayers. Without the LAW forcing us to use this crap in our cars primarily to enrich Archer Daniels Midlands Ethanol would still be an eco-freak's wet dream and a really stupid idea for anyone with any sense.
And frankly I fail to see the "logic" in your position that it was the democrats who forced the republicans to pass it. the Republicans were in power for 11 years at that point and had massively squandered their opportunity to lead the country. "The Democrats mislead, and the Republicans fail to lead."
Have a nice day.
Gee! I thought it might be because we couldn't feed ourselves without them. /s
re post #22. Apparently you don’t think people can recognize a lame excuse if it’s wordy enough. lol
Five minutes in a search engine could find you a lot more like those below, all of which show that whatever the republicans did in ‘05 was little more than trying to catch a gravy train that had already left the station. Sorry for them to do, but they didn't build the train or spend the billions it took to build the ethanol RR.
have a nice day
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-241.html
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/Ethanol%20Hurts
http://automotive-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/a_brief_history_of_ethanol%
20Consumers%20in%20Many%20Ways.html
Pffft
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