Canada may declare a war on US!

[Whoha]

Originally posted by dannubis
just curious: are those steel tariffs still in place or got they lifted ?

The anti-dumping measure that Canada,Mexico, and a whole host of other countries were exempted from, yet still jumped on the WTO suit? they were lifted a while back.

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Right now the US owes the rest of the world 2-3 months of its GDP

You're making 12 trillion a year, but spending 13.

How long can it last?

until the rest of the world says no more, or we stop it ourselves.

[Richelieu]

The next round of negociations should be a best 4 out of 7 held at the Bell Center and the Madison Square Garden. Since we are the injured party we have the choice of the weapons.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
until the rest of the world says no more, or we stop it ourselves.

So learn to live within your means.

Our citizens are just as free to buy foreign goods as yours are, yet somehow they manage to restrict themselves to what they can afford?

What the **** is the problem with Americans?

[Whoha]

Not enough non-tariff barriers

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Richelieu
The next round of negociations should be a best 4 out of 7 held at the Bell Center and the Madison Square Garden. Since we are the injured party we have the choice of the weapons.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
Not enough non-tariff barriers

Such as?

Stop whining. Nobody's secretly stopping US goods from coming into their country.

You just can't admit that Americans are born consumers...

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
While the US talks of free trade, it keeps trying to close its own markets by accusing effective competitors of dumping, or subsidizing (this is particularly ironic), or some such. Then it can slap tariffs on them.

You want to talk about hypocrisy...

[Kuciwalker]

I missed that one

[Whoha]

GM crop for one. Even Mexico maintains such bans despite the fact that we let all of their food up here, with some fairly bad consequences.

[Whoha]

Then there is this gem from Japan:"Harley faces similar challenges elsewhere in the world. Japan, for instance, had a requirement that any person wanting to own a 400cc or larger motorcycle -- a Harley-Davidson -- had to pass a riding exam. "One of the tests was to ride a motorcycle across a balance beam," said the Harley CEO. "You see the difficulty a gymnast has in doing that, imagine trying to ride a large motorcycle along a balance beam? It was not quite as far off the ground, but if you fell off it was a special experience."

http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/04/0402/art1.html

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
GM crop for one. Even Mexico maintains such bans despite the fact that we let all of their food up here, with some fairly bad consequences.

Yes, god forbid they exclude your massively subsidised agroproducts. How unfair.

Still not seeing what this has to do with Canada, BTW...

[Whoha]

"Stop whining. Nobody's secretly stopping US goods from coming into their country."

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
Then there is this gem from Japan:"Harley faces similar challenges elsewhere in the world. Japan, for instance, had a requirement that any person wanting to own a 400cc or larger motorcycle -- a Harley-Davidson -- had to pass a riding exam. "One of the tests was to ride a motorcycle across a balance beam," said the Harley CEO. "You see the difficulty a gymnast has in doing that, imagine trying to ride a large motorcycle along a balance beam? It was not quite as far off the ground, but if you fell off it was a special experience."

http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/04/0402/art1.html

Hmmm. How much business does Harley expect to do in Japan?

I counter with 5 billion lost trade with the US in beef products over the mad cow scare, despite the fact that the USDA has been "losing" suspected cases of mad cow in US animals for a decade now...

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha
"Stop whining. Nobody's secretly stopping US goods from coming into their country."

I'm asking you why you spend hundreds of billions more than you make and you counter with Harleys?

Smooth move. That's got to be a significant part of the trade gap. Sure.

[KrazyHorse]

You've collected 4.1 billion in illegal tariffs on softwood.

PAY UP