[toddst]

Let the trade wars begin.

You took that out of context.

This just might get interesting. Perhaps George W. is willing to get tough with the EU over this. Would it be so hard to freeze all shipments from Europe to the U.S. (no ships unloaded) until this tariff issue is settled? I have a suspicion the EU sells a lot more stuff to us than we do to them. Let the tariff wars begin.

For too long we have allowed the EU subsidize a wide range of exports to the U.S. Perhaps George W. is going to put a halt to that practice. I say he's doing the right thing.

[self_evident]

For too long we have allowed the EU subsidize a wide range of exports to the U.S. Perhaps George W. is going to put a halt to that practice. I say he's doing the right thing.

But where do those subsidies come from? They are not free you know. In other words, they are taking money out of productive industries to pump into unproductive ones.

We win.

But now Bush has said -- Wait a second! We want to lose too.