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- From: livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: Trade War?
- Message-ID: <1dufq6INN3k@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 20:45:58 GMT
- References: <BxB4ME.9BC@apollo.hp.com> <1992Nov9.201244.10258@nntp.hut.fi> <louis.721365535@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> <BxI6oC.As5@apollo.hp.com> <10416@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
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- In article <10416@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM writes:
- > In <BxI6oC.As5@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
- >
- > |> I have no problem with a particular nation wanting to protect
- > |> their farming industry/culture. Maybe they just want to ensure
- > |> that they retain a domestic source of production and not have
- > |> to depend on outside sources for something as basic as food.
- >
- > If the French were only growing enough food or other crops to provide for
- > domestic consumption you might have a point. Unfortunately, the French
- > are also subsidizing crops that are grown for export.
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- As is the US when it subsidizes tobacco. The point here
- is that both sides ought to be negotiating to reduce their
- subsidies. For the US to "punish" France for its subsidies,
- while maintaining its own, can only lead to resentment.
-
- "I'll hit you till you stop doing that" is not the same as
- "Let's both stop doing that".
-
- jon.
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