Posted on 07/15/2003 8:46:20 AM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Peter Kerrigan encouraged friends to move to Silicon Valley throughout the 1980s and '90s, wooing them with tales of lucrative jobs in a burgeoning industry.
But he lost his network engineering job at a major telecommunications company in August 2001 and remains unemployed. Now 43, the veteran programmer is urging his 18-year-old nephew to stay in suburban Chicago and is discouraging him from pursuing degrees in computer science or engineering.
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What do you do...read bad detective novels in your spare time? Border cops at the airport??? Rat people out??? Flight risk?
Go take a nap, baby... you are overtaxed with bad ideas.
The Chinese are dumping televisions as we speak. Textiles, too. Time to shut them down.
Here is what he says:
Much has been written about the failure of capitalism with regard to the chicanery practiced by the executive officers of companies like Enron, Worldcom and Tyco. But it is not the capitalists who were guilty of misdeeds in any of these situations for in a free market system, it is not the executives who are the capitalists, it is the shareholders.Management is not ownership. While there is occasionally some overlap between the two, the average CEO holds only a very small percentage of a company's total shares and those only because they have been given to him by the ownership. But America's capitalists have been imprudent to place their trust in a group of mercenaries with no more loyalty to their shareholding employers than had Francesco Sforza to the Visconti of Milan.
US :Anti-dumping Measures against Products Originating in the Mainland of China
A list of current anti-dumping measures taken by the US against products originating in the Mainland of China is appended to this circular. The list is prepared on the basis of information available to the Department and is meant for traders' general information only. In case of doubt, traders may contact their US importers for clarifications.
ENQUIRIES
For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Sofie Chow) for Director-General of Trade and Industry Commercial Information Circular No. 193/2003 US Anti-dumping Measures against Products Originating in the Mainland of China (Position as at 30 June 2003)
Commercial Information Circulars Annex Commercial Information Circular No. 193/2003 US Anti-dumping Measures against Products Originating in the Mainland of China (Position as at 30 June 2003) (A) Cases in Force (54 cases)
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Rate of Duty |
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26.8.1982 |
Greige Polyester Cotton Printcloth |
22.40% |
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13.9.1982 |
Cotton Shop Towels |
30.10% - 37.20% |
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18.3.1983 |
Potassium Permanganate |
107.32% - 262.90% |
Under administrative review initiated on 25.3.2003 |
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2.5.1983 |
Chloropicrin |
58.00% |
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18.11.1983 |
Barium Chloride |
155.50% |
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15.3.1985 |
Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and Brush Heads |
0.00% - 351.92% |
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7.6.1985 |
Iron Construction Castings |
11.66% - 28.77% |
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3.9.1985 |
Petroleum Wax Candles |
54.21% - 65.02% |
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31.12.1985 |
Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware |
66.65% |
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19.9.1986 |
Tapered Roller Bearings |
0.00% - 60.95% |
Under administrative review initiated on 24.7.2002 |
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17.10.1989 |
Industrial Nitrocellulose |
78.40% |
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2.5.1990 |
Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, with or without Handles |
axes/adzes: |
Under administrative review initiated on 25.3.2003 |
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31.7.1990 |
Sparklers |
93.54% |
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7.8.1990 |
Sulfur Chemicals |
148.42% |
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20.9.1990 |
Silicon Metal |
139.49% |
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17.6.1991 |
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings |
35.06% - 182.90% |
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29.10.1991 |
Sulfanilic Acid |
18.65% - 85.20% |
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5.10.1992 |
Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers |
0.00% - 128.63% |
Under administrative review initiated on 22.11.2002 |
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16.8.1993 |
Sebacic Acid |
0.44% - 243.40% |
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8.11.1993 |
Paper Clips |
46.01% - 126.94% |
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8.12.1993 |
Certain Cased Pencils |
0.00% - 114.90% |
Under administrative review initiated on 22.1.2003 |
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8.12.1993 |
Silicomanganese |
150.00% |
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27.1.1994 |
Coumarin |
31.02% - 160.80% |
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28.2.1994 |
Garlic, Fresh |
0.00% - 376.67% |
Under administrative review initiated on 26.12.2002 |
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26.4.1994 |
Pure Magnesium |
108.26% |
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27.6.1994 |
Furfuryl Alcohol |
43.54% - 50.43% |
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28.7.1994 |
Glycine |
17.99% - 155.89% |
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24.10.1994 |
Honey |
25.88% - 183.80% |
Under administrative review initiated on 22.1.2003 |
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3.4.1996 |
Certain Brake Drums |
0.00% - 86.02% |
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3.4.1996 |
Certain Brake Rotors |
0.00% - 43.32% |
Under administrative review initiated on 21.5.2003 |
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6.8.1996 |
Persulfates |
0.00% - 119.02% |
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17.10.1996 |
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat |
0.00% - 223.01% |
Under sunset review initiated on 4.11.2002 |
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3.12.1996 |
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate |
0.00% |
Suspension agreement in force Under sunset review initiated on 21.3.2003 |
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2.2.1998 |
Certain Preserved Mushrooms |
0.00% - 198.63% |
Under administrative review initiated on 25.3.2003 |
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10.3.1999 |
Creatine Monohydrate |
0.00% - 128.63% |
Under administrative review initiated on 25.3.2003 |
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7.6.1999 |
Bulk Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin) |
0.00% - 144.02% |
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7.6.1999 |
Certain Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate |
0.00% - 51.74% |
Under administrative review initiated on 24.7.2002 |
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8.7.1999 |
Synthetic Indigo |
79.70% - 129.60% |
Under administrative review initiated on 24.7.2002 |
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9.3.2000 |
Steel Wire Rope |
0.02% - 58.00% |
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25.7.2000 |
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars |
133.00% |
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17.10.2000 |
Foundry Coke Products |
48.55% - 214.89% |
Under administrative review initiated on 24.10.2002 |
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13.11.2000 |
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products |
64.20% - 90.83% |
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14.11.2000 |
Pure Magnesium in Granular Form |
24.67% - 305.56% |
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28.2.2001 |
Folding Gift Boxes |
1.67% - 164.75% |
Under administrative review initiated on 27.2.2003 |
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8.3.2001 |
Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields |
3.71% - 124.50% |
Under administrative review initiated on 21.5.2003 |
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24.5.2001 |
Certain Folding Metal Tables and Chairs |
0.00% - 70.71% |
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26.11.2001 |
Ferrovanadium |
12.97% - 66.71% |
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21.2.2002 |
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings |
6.34% - 75.50% |
Final determination of sales at less than fair value on 18.2.2003 Final determination of material injury on 1.4.2003 |
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1.5.2002 |
Lawn and Garden Steel Fence Posts |
0.00% - 15.61% (25.4.2003) |
Final determination of sales at less than fair value on 25.4.2003 Final determination of material injury on 10.6.2003 |
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11.7.2002 |
Saccharin |
249.39% - 329.94% (13.6.2003) |
Amended final determination of sales at less than fair value on 13.6.2003 Final determination of material injury on 25.6.2003 |
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5.9.2002 |
Polyvinyl Alcohol |
0.20% - 97.86% |
Preliminary determination of material injury on 25.10.2002 Preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value on 20.3.2003 |
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30.9.2002 |
Barium Carbonate |
7.66% - 75.10% |
Preliminary determination of material injury on 20.11.2002 Preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value on 17.3.2003 |
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30.10.2002 |
Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings |
4.96% - 146.41% |
Preliminary determination of material injury on 20.12.2002 Preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value on 6.6.2003 |
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20.11.2002 |
Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide |
218.93% |
Preliminary determination of material injury on 23.1.2003 Preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value on 6.5.2003 |
(B) Cases under Investigation (5 cases)
Date of Initiation |
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13.5.2003 |
Certain Color Television Receivers |
Preliminary determination of material injury on 26.6.2003 |
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14.5.2003 |
4,4' - Diamino - 2,2' - Stilbenedisulfonic Acid and Stilbenic Fluorescent Whitening Agents |
The investigation was first initiated on 31.3.2003 but terminated on 14.4.2003 upon withdrawal of petition. The petitioner later submitted the petition again and investigation initiated on 14.5.2003. |
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20.6.2003 |
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags |
Investigation in progress |
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23.6.2003 |
Tetrahydrafurfuryl Alcohol |
Investigation in progress |
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30.6.2003 |
Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof |
Investigation in progress |
(C) Case Terminated (1 case)
Date of Initiation |
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13.2.2002 |
Certain Ball Bearings and Parts |
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Last Updated: 17 July 2003
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I'd like to say I get a kick out of people who are so abysmally ignorant of basic economics, but I don't. And unfortunately, the line stretches all the way from you up to Ross Perot and Patrick Buchanan.
I've been through this whole territory before, and in the unlikely event that you actually care about facts instead of rhetoric, you can check out this thread in which I talked about the fact that globalization in the form of NAFTA has generated good effects for our economy instead of the bad ones Perot and Buchanan predicted.
As far as your claim about India, et.al. being $hit holes, you've got things quite mixed up. Low wages there are just a symptom. They all have suffered through lousy governments for decades. Corruption, shaky property rights, government subsidy of all kinds of stupid things, etc. This has mired them in bad economic conditions, and that lead to low wages.
Instead, you should be looking for a country that has had a free, open, globalized economy for a few decades and nevertheless is an awful place to live. I can't think of one. Does that not suggest that globalization is a good thing?
Finally, I always have sympathy for folks without jobs. In fact, I'd say I have more sympathy than you, since I support polices that have been demonstrated historically to lead to more employment. Sure, we could have a protectionist economy, with lots of rules that protected people's jobs. Then we'd be Europe, who oddly enough in spite of their rules, unions, and laws have much higher unemployment than us.
And yet we're supposed to compete against countries like China and India whose governments not only protect their jobs but actively promote business while ours runs business out with extremely high taxation and regulation. In China when a tool and die shop opens, that government provides the building, electricity and even materials ---here the government does what it can to destroy the business.
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