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- From: nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson)
- Subject: Re: Trade War?
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:11:58 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.201244.10258@nntp.hut.fi> <JACKSON.92Nov10090438@kaos.stsci.edu> <1992Nov10.160010.21690@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov10.160010.21690@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cthorne@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles E Thorne) writes:
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- >However, I expect we'll see a lot more protectionism in the years ahead.
- >With the large U.S. budget deficit, sending military aid to the rest of the
- >world and allowing them to send products to the U.S. in competition with
- >our producers will become politically undesirable in the years to come.
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- How does it follow that this will result in more protectionism?
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- Isn't the logical conclusion from this that it would result
- in less military aid, especially reducing the large US forces
- on foreign soil?
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- ---peter
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