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WTO Ready for U.S. Sanctions
Reuters ^ | Thursday November 25, 11:07 AM EST | Unknown

Posted on 11/25/2004 9:46:36 AM PST by Navydog

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To: F.J. Mitchell
LOL! Define hostile.

Ah...poor choice of words! I should have said "leftist" instead.

But now that I think about it, when you peel off the diversity embracing, deep thinking, envoronmentally "aware", NPR donating, godless, intellectual exterior, you usually find a hateful SOB who is about to have an aneurism because GWB retained the executive office. Once you break them down to the least common denominator (so to speak), they ARE hostile!
61 posted on 11/26/2004 4:44:21 PM PST by hiredhand ( "Pudge the Indestructible Kitty" lives at - http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
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To: oceanview
chinese currency peg

What's that?

62 posted on 11/26/2004 5:32:14 PM PST by sevry
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To: sevry

the chinese currency does not float, so the exchange rate for it is not set by the market. the chinese maintain an artificial peg, it guarantees them that no matter what the dollar does and what happens in the internal chinese economy, the exchange rate remains the same. so our abysmal trade picture with them, cannot improve based on currency moves.


63 posted on 11/26/2004 5:37:18 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Navydog
let me get this straight, they're threatening us to stop buying crap not made in the USA, reduce the trade deficit, put more Americans to work, and send their markets which depend on us into a deeper decline? is this a joke?

this is like fish boycotting water.
64 posted on 11/26/2004 7:45:23 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: oceanview
an artificial peg,

But I wondered just what that was. What is it?

65 posted on 11/26/2004 9:49:03 PM PST by sevry
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

"...we'll just deduct the WTO fines from next year's UN appropriation."

The rule of thumb in these situations is 7 times for first offense and 70 times 7 for subsequent offenses against us. :)

And then we let the European Commies (Socialists) make up the difference in the UN. This might end their foolishness.


66 posted on 11/27/2004 8:11:38 AM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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To: hiredhand

Hostile,does seem properly definitive in this case, then.


67 posted on 11/27/2004 10:22:15 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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To: Navydog

Thanks to William Jefferson Clinton, it looks like we've been sold down the river with the WTO, NAFTA and GAT. Can
GWB repeal those agreements, and what would it take to do so? The price of our goods must look mighty tempting to the EU people for the WTO to impose sanctions against us.


68 posted on 11/27/2004 1:58:46 PM PST by Paperdoll
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To: pillbox_girl

So what else is new? What did we expect entering all these world agreements? As far as I know, we still maintain a shred of sovereignty in this country. So what's with all this International Law "waste product"
stuff, anyway? Make the tariffs on their goods higher in retaliation, and eventually the entire world will be bankrupt.

We are not to return evil for evil, but I doubt the Good
Lord expects us to commit financial suicide.


69 posted on 11/27/2004 2:05:30 PM PST by Paperdoll
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To: sevry

their currency does not float, it is set at a fixed exchange rate by their government.


70 posted on 11/27/2004 4:01:57 PM PST by oceanview
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To: EGPWS
Either your with us or your against us!

Choose wisely you members of WTO!

LOL!

71 posted on 11/27/2004 6:01:40 PM PST by Once-Ler (God Blessed America Again!)
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To: Navydog

72 posted on 11/27/2004 11:35:45 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Lord, place the steel of the Holy Spirit in my spine and the love of the Holy Ghost in my heart.)
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To: Navydog

Hummn.....There's more to this than meets the eye.


73 posted on 11/28/2004 3:21:46 PM PST by THEBEAK
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

No problem, we'll just deduct the WTO fines from next year's UN appropriation

YOU MEAN MY TAXES ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE U.N ?!?!?!


74 posted on 11/28/2004 6:00:44 PM PST by Grand_Capitalism_04 (God helps those who help themselves.)
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To: Grand_Capitalism_04

I think so, but I have looked several times for info on the UN site detailing where it's cash comes from with no luck.

There was a good thread recently talking about NY staters getting fed up with the UN bureaucrats in their state...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288891/posts


75 posted on 11/28/2004 6:17:39 PM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum (If the Constitution "lives and breathes", it dies.)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
Here's some info I found after looking AGAIN...

http://www.un.org/geninfo/ir/ch5/ch5.htm

How much does the UN cost?

The regular budget of the UN is some $1.3 billion per year. It pays for UN activities, staff and basic infrastructure but not peacekeeping operations, which have a separate budget. All States of the UN are obligated by the Charter – an international treaty – to pay a portion of the budget. Each State's contribution is calculated on the basis of its share of the world economy.
76 posted on 11/28/2004 6:39:13 PM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum (If the Constitution "lives and breathes", it dies.)
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To: pillbox_girl
You are completely correct on all counts, pillbox.

All they want is to use the cheap labor overseas to be able to lower the prices long enough to run any homegrown US business OUT of business.

Screw 'em and start a trade war and let's see how long they last.

77 posted on 11/29/2004 6:30:39 AM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: sgtbono2002

whoops!

I hit abuse on my own post... I pasted that to the wrong window!!!

Many apologies!


79 posted on 11/29/2004 6:47:58 AM PST by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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