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- From: hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU (Brad Hernlem)
- Subject: Re: Meeting on high tech. import to iran???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.190520.21388@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU (Brad Hernlem)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <92326.111308U33720@uicvm.uic.edu> <sehari.722418713@vincent1.iastate.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:05:20 GMT
- Lines: 73
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- In article <sehari.722418713@vincent1.iastate.edu>, sehari@iastate.edu
- (Babak Sehari) writes:
- > In <92326.111308U33720@uicvm.uic.edu> Fardad
- <U33720@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
- >
- > >Hello friends;
- >
- > > Does any one know about the decisions/proceedings of the meeting recently
- > >held in Germany by U.S. , FRANCE, ... to discuss High tech. exports of
- > >Japan and Germany to IRAN?
- >
- > >Fardad
- >
- > I have received some news about this; however, taking such action
- > would hurt them much more than Iran. Iran just will find another
- > supplier, which is not that hard in this economic condition of the
- > world. Just imagine taking $8B/year out of German economy, would create
- > such big problem in German economy at the current condition, and they
- > would blame it on the US. This would create problems in Germany that
- > might even lead to violence between the European countries. On the other
- > hand taking similar amount out of Japanese economy would create a big
- > recession in Japan, which in turn deepen recession in the US.
- >
- > All this happens if Iran does not take any action, which is very unlikely.
- > Iran would swing the oil production, and might take other actions. This
- > increases the oil prices sharply, which even worsen the problem for western
- > countries.
- >
- > It's effects on Iran would be minor, in the worst case. Like Iranian nuclear
- > power plants, that the business just went somewhere else, at even cheaper
- > prices.
- >
- > I think US is jealous that they can not get business from Iran that
- > would have been a big help to their own problems. Just imagine up to
- > $7B/year could have gone to US businesses. That would have meant reduction
- > in their trade deficit and could create a large number of manufacturing
- > jobs. They do not understand, it is to their best interest that they take
- > their profits/losses at this point and acknowledge Iran as regional power.
- > This gives them a great opportunity to negotiate directly with Iran, similar
- > to China.
-
- I don't think that there is any jealousy involved here. U.S. exports to
- Iran have risen drastically in the last few years and could rise even
- higher if the U.S. government would relax restrictions. U.S. businesses
- might be jealous because their competitors are not faced with an
- oppressive government preventing free trade but I don't think that there
- is any jealousy because of the non-availability of Iranian markets due
- to competition. The U.S. is already in a favorable position with respect
- to Iran. Imports from Iran are heavily restricted while we currently
- export 1-1.5 $billion in goods annually to Iran. Admittedly, Iran is
- ripe for investment and is a far safer option than many other countries
- because of its broad base of resources and labor and its growing
- economy, but the current U.S. policy leads to a trade surplus with
- respect to Iran even without taking advantage of a more open trade
- relationship with Iran.
-
- > Stupid policies had led to problems in Vietnam, Soviet Union, China and
- > Cuba, in the past. Oh, well; history might repeat itself. I wonder what
- > might happen in case of a real war? Oil wells in the S. Arabia, Iran,
- and all
- > the Persian gulf countries go up in the flames once again? How many people
- > would get killed this time? How much economic damage would this cause, to
- > the world economy? Will there be a real winner this time, or just many big
- > losers all over the world? This leaves China as the only real superpower in
- > the world, as it has been prophecized. Are we really approaching the end of
- > the world? The answer depends on if next president could stand up against
- > special interests and PACs in Washington.
- >
- > With highest regards,
- > Babak Sehari.
- > --
-
- Brad Hernlem (hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU)
-