Trade sanctions against the US

[FiveB247]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/07/eu.us.sanctions/index.html

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[JerryTaker]

And everyone "poo-pooed" my star wars analogies, now look, we're at odds with the trade federation...

If only they were Japanese, rather than European, I guess you can't have it all.



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[TheMojoPin]

And everyone "poo-pooed" my star wars analogies, now look, we're at odds with the trade federation...

***Sorry, don't have a link for this.***

[quote]"WAR ON TERROR NOT OVER YET" EMPEROR DECLARES

CORUSCANT -- Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were "encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet."


"We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured."


It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire's might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.


"We lost our innocence that day," reflected one mourner. "I guess we thought we were immune from the kind of violence that happens in other galaxies. We were wrong."


"I lost hundreds of buddies that day," said one teary-eyed Stormtrooper. "Guys whose only crime was trying make the Universe a safer place."


Although the day was colored by sadness, the mourners found some relief in the news of a decisive victory over the Rebels.


In an attack led by Darth Vader, Empire forces were able to rout hundreds of Rebels from a network of caves underneath the surface of the planet Hoth. "We're not sure we got them all," says a Vader spokesman. "There are a lot of places to hide in those caves. But we've delivered a powerful blow to the terrorist's infrastructure, that's for sure. Today, the Empire has struck back."


Initial reports are unclear as to the fate of Luke Skywalker, a hero among the Rebels, who is rumored to have delivered the fatal blow to the Death Star. Skywalker, a former desert-dweller from the planet Tattooine, became a part of the Rebellion after family members were killed. Skywalker was trained by a militant wing of the Rebels, known as "Jedi Knights." Fanatical in their religious beliefs, the Jedi Knights claim to derive their power from the mystical "Force."


It's believed that Skywalker was specifically trained by infamous terrorist O bin Wankanobi. Wankanobi, occasionally called "Ben" and easily recognized by his bearded visage and long, flowing robes, achieved near-martyr status among the Rebels after his death last year during a spy mission. His more fervent followers believe that Wankanobi lives on within them today, some even claiming to hear his voice during times of duress.


The attack on the Death Star came shortly after the Empire's destruction of Alderstaan, a planet whose government was known to harbor terrorists. Responding to criticism over the total annihilation of the planet, Vader stated, "There is no middle ground in the War on Terror. Those who harbor terrorists are terrorists themselves. Alderaan was issued ample warning. The fight for continuing Freedom is often burdened by terrible cost."


The cost of this war can still be seen today in the continuing efforts to build a coalition government on Tattooine. Longstanding animosities among the planets various ethnic groups, including the Jawas, Tusken Raiders and scattered human settlers, have been an impediment to the peace process. The Empire continues to maintain a small peace keeping force until a provisional government is finally in place.


Much of the difficulty in fighting the Rebel forces stems from their lack of a central organizing structure. "They don't play by the traditional rules of war," complained one spokesman. "They come in all shapes and sizes, united only by their single-minded desire to destroy the Empire before it destroys them."


The Emperor closed his comments today by stating that "the cowardly attack on the Death Star left a deep scar on the Empire. However, we will not stop fighting until every last evildoer has been

[Death Metal Moe]

Hmmmmmmm. Well, it doesn't sound good at 1st glance. I'd like to see more background info on the tax reform they want us to enact.

It may be just another way Eurpoe is trying to impose it's retarded ideals on us.

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[LiquidCourage]

$4 billion?
What's that, .3% of our GDP?

[Se7en]

Does this mean we get to build our own clone army to combat the EU?

SWEET.

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[FiveB247]

Actually the purpose of the sanctions is to level the tariff levels in international trade. Basically the EU is pissed cause they export goods to the US and are given a tariff (usual trade methods). But the US is sidestepping tariff laws due to the follow scenario: US corporations who have factories, goods and such in foreign nations. These US corporations located in foreign nations export goods to the US and aren't charged tariffs. Therefore the US is setting and using an unfair market factor to benefit their own goods over foreign goods (even though the US imported corporate goods are from foreign nations aren't being charge as imports). This may seem like a typical or usual protectionist method....but it's done to the extreme and in obviously large amounts. The WTO was most likely forced to use this sanction due to the extremity of violation. The WTO doesn't normally rule against the US in such a fashion either. So with that said, it is a big, big deal.

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[Death Metal Moe]

OK then. If this 4 billion is going to take a big bite out of our economy, they better play ball. Even though I HATE some of these Eurpoean nations, it is naive to think we don't ever need them. We need to sell to them and buy from them.

But if it can be made up in other areas, tell them to go fuck their mother.

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[alexc]

this will hurt them as much as it will hurt us.
i guess nobody remembers their history.

[FiveB247]

It will hurt both economies as well as make an already global economy that much more unstable. Atleast for the sake of making fair market factors for international standards, the sanctions could benefit us for the future. Maybe corporations that move overseas to seek cheap labor and were allowed to not pay a tarriffs for exported goods back to the US will begin to move factories back into the US thus giving more jobs and reviving the economy? I doubt that would actually happen...but you never know.

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