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Rare Earth Ruckus - Are we at the mercy of China's mercantilist mandarins?
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| November 23, 2010
| Ronald Bailey
Posted on 11/24/2010 5:03:36 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem
Most orientals are great at getting opponents over barrels.
The Chinese are artists at it.
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posted on
11/25/2010 7:24:32 AM PST
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
The sane action would be (and would have been) to simply tax any imported rare-earth minerals or products made with them that didn't come from a mine up to EPA standards. And charge that mine for the cost of EPA monitoring. This gets us much closer to an even market.
Having EPA rules that only affect US mines and wells without any penalty for importing from dirty mines elsewhere is simply economic suicide - but I do think that was the primary intent. It's so silly that I have to ascribe it to malignity.
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posted on
11/25/2010 8:01:52 AM PST
by
slowhandluke
(It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
To: neutrino
Free trade does have a downside We have a mockery of free-trade with China. They get to sell us rare earths from dirty mines, but the EPA won't settle on any rules that allow mining here.
They can sell whatever they want here, but we can't sell there unless we hand over blueprints for both product and factory.
Free-trade works between free-traders. It doesn't work if it's a one-way street.
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posted on
11/25/2010 8:07:14 AM PST
by
slowhandluke
(It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
11/25/2010 5:51:52 PM PST
by
GOPJ
('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
To: Hawk1976
Astronomers think there might be a considerable amount of rare earth metals in the asteroid belt. Of course, it seems that the US is no longer enterprising enough to go get them... On the bright side, we're able to provide 'counseling and emotional support" for the criminal and homeless.../s
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posted on
11/25/2010 5:55:53 PM PST
by
GOPJ
('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
To: neverdem; Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek; headsonpikes; All
Thanks for the ping; post; links; thread. Very interesting.
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11/25/2010 9:06:19 PM PST
by
PGalt
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