Posted on 11/25/2004 9:46:36 AM PST by Navydog
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization cleared the way on Thursday to impose $150 million of trade sanctions on the United States, sought by the European Union and others, after lawyers resolved a legal wrangle.
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Just another way to try to help the Europeans keep from going broke, they love to stick it to the US. I know the Europeans dont like us much, but its not possible for them to dislike the US any more than I dislike the Euro's/
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Time to leave the WTO & start a trade war. I'm sick & tired of these euro-trash socialists smug atacks on my country.
The EU may impose,
let the EU collect!
Either your with us or your against us!
Choose wisely you members of WTO!
ping
Lest we forget the investor, for the speculation alone would create a market turmoil.
So let me get this straight: we are facing sanctions because we have laws on our books designed to prevent companies in other countries from destroying our own industries through the practice of product "dumping". In other words, if Sony wants to drive all U.S. VCR makers out of business, they can undercut their prices by selling at a loss just long enough to eliminate the homegrown competition and then raise prices again (which they actually did). And a U.S. law to prevent this is "illegal"? What makes it "illegal"? Is this suposedly a violation of "international law" (whatever that is). And who the hell legislates international law anyways? I sure didn't vote for (or against) them? Or are we just seeing the WTO as it really is, a tool for subverting national sovereignty for corporate sovereignty?
According to the article, it is just not European Union, but many other countries are involved. They seem to be especially upset about the Byrd amendment.
I hate the WTO. WTO puts more barriers on free trade. WTO is against free trade.
What the hell does that mean? And who was that President of whom you speak?
If you voted for anyone in the "Two-Party Cartel" then you sure did vote for this. Virtually all of them are "bought & paid for" by the elites who instruct them at their designated time to carry the torch for globalism & rule against US sovereignty. If you think we will get conservatives in the Supreme Court just watch. Just watch how disappointed true conservatives will be in four years. The Bush reelection only staved off the eventual by some 10 years but it is coming because nobody seems to see it, understand it's devastation & willing to actively destroy it.
From wnece came the WTO? Upon who's watch did it come to be? What prevents us from telling it to kiss our collective @$$e$!
Stick it to the US? Maybe the Euroweenies think they are, but $150 Million isn't even pocket change in terms of our total economy. In fact, if our economy were a person, $150 million would be so miniscule that it wouldn't even bother picking it up off the street.
They????
OK, so we have the evil investors fooling the world into thinking that a free market is the Saviour of our age for their own personal gain.
Perhaps it's time for free traders to accept the idea of communal thinking and get even with those nasty individuals and their destructive "individual thinking"!
That way we can speed up our trip to Utopia. /s
I'm game for giving up everything I have worked for financially, just to get even with the "meenies", it's worth it and that way I can go to the government and live comfortably off others efforts and forget those nasty thoughts I had of personal promotion through hard work to achieve goals.
Or the WTO will get tough with us.
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