Posted on 01/26/2017 7:34:59 AM PST by VitacoreVision
LOL!. You might as well say we don't have the authority to deport illegals while you're at it.
The fact that you don't even know the answer to this question tells me that it doesn't even matter where it was sourced. Can you even tell me where the food you've eaten today came from?
More importantly, did the pipe used meet US engineering and safety standards? This is a critical infrastructure application, and few manufacturers in the world can even meet the specifications, let alone pass testing.
I can tell you from professional experience that national borders have very little influence on "engineering standards." If there are specifications for pipeline safety and the pipelines would have to meet those specs, then why do you care where the materials come from? Whoever can meet the specifications can provide the piping -- period.
If you want to go low foreign bidder to save a buck, or push your import business, that’s fine and all, but with the first major failure, you and your interests will be held criminally liable.
I'm sure every major player in the energy industry from Exxon/Mobil to Chevron/Texaco to Suncor to Imperial Oil to Enbridge knows this. They don't need the U.S. government to tell them this.
As if one of those had anything to do with the other ...
They both happen within our borders. Now, if Trump was trying to say Canada had to use American steel and labor for their part of the pipeline, you might have a case.
He also has congressional Republicans on his side with this.
How is that totalitarian?
That's totalitarian -- and having Congressional Republicans on board with it doesn't change a thing. This is the same bunch of Republicans that has been pushing for open borders for years, isn't it? So they are OK if I am forced to use American-made steel on my pipeline project, but they are fine if I use a bunch of illegal aliens from Mexico to build it? LOL.
If you don't like the contract, don't sign on with it. Make him seek someone else who wants to make a lot of money on the project.
He's not forcing any single company to contract it out - he's offering opportunities to companies who may want the job.
The pipeline was halted by Obama - gonna take new contracts to get it moving again.
The U.S. government isn't signing the contract for this pipeline -- is it?
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That was more than rude.
The U.S. Government has the say about whether or not it happens and can stipulate conditions/terms to allow or deny it.
So you’d be perfectly comfortable if the U.S. government imposed a condition that said every company building a pipeline in the U.S. must have 50% of its workforce comprised of women, 15% comprised of African-Americans, 20% comprised, of Hispanics, etc.?
If you're building something on someone else's property, they are perfectly within their rights to dictate the terms.
Otherwise, you are the totalitarian.
Who owns the property where the Keystone XL and Dakota pipeline projects are being built?
The pipe must meet API/ASTM specs and is tested to assure conformance
Only inferior purchasing agents get stuck with cheap inferior products.
You really don’t get it, do you?
That’s what I thought your response would be. Do you know where these pipeline companies source their materials? Please do tell because I’m down with some insider trading. That’s a real big order to fill, plenty of money to be made.
But hey, who needs standards when we can get this pipe cheap!
We’ll be long gone when the first oil gusher hits the prairie!
I’ve dealt with steel suppliers from all over the world. There’s maybe a handful that can produce pipe that can meet US specifications.
Your response suggests that you’re adverse to the US manufacturer clause of this memorandum. That means either you don’t live in the US, or you represent a foreign interest with a stake in this project.
Notice that I never suggested completely excluding foreign manufacturers from bidding on this order, only that very few foreign companies have the capability of meeting the requirements. That, and I’m an American, and would just prefer to have an American company do the work.
Get what?
You'd be wrong in both cases.
Notice that I never suggested completely excluding foreign manufacturers from bidding on this order, only that very few foreign companies have the capability of meeting the requirements. That, and I’m an American, and would just prefer to have an American company do the work.
If you're so patriotic about it, why not just kill the pipeline project entirely -- since its sole purpose is to transport foreign oil and gas to U.S. consumers?
We have plenty of oil and gas here in the U.S. If we're going to be "America First" in our business dealings, let's not be phonies about it.
The condition of the KXL EO was to buy American. He was clear about it.
In the interest of fairness, perhaps he should be ordered to tear down any of his buildings that were constructed with foreign-sourced materials?
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