[sandorski]

travior travior:

It is truely amazing how we allow China to dump all this crap into the states basically duty-free and allow them to have 70-100% tarrifs on the stuff we are allowed to sell there. No wonder there is such a huge trade imbalance. Yet if we talk about raising tarrifs the World Trade Org threatens to take action against us.

My company just recently built a plant in China to manufacture food packaging. They were hoping to get a foothold in the country as the local middle-class began to want more food options. Right now, they still go to the market every day to get fresh meat since refrigeration is almost unheard of. After the plant was built and production began, the government told them that they would not be allowed to sell anything in China and that 100% of the goods made had to be exported.

China: your Wal-mart dollars at work!

China is a more complicated issue. Mainly due to how Domestic(North American as a whole) Manufacturers have moved so much of their Manufacturing there. So to a large degree, Imports from North America to China would actually be competing against Domestic Corps. That's not completely true, but certainly an aspect of Trade with China.

Also, despite the dramatic increase in China's GDP, Per Capita Wealth is still not very high in China due to their huge population. So it's doubtful that Our Manufactured Goods are affordable to a large enough amount of Chinese to make much difference. That will change in time, when it does we'll have to force the issue.

[travior]

Sadly, it is usually the ones that have the good ideas that get washed out because they have good ideas, not popular ones. The reason the Dems usually do so well is that the take money from the "evil" rich and give it to the "victimized" poor. Vote for me and I will take care of all your needs! You will never have to make an honest living again!

The media here keeps talking about O'bama and his charisma. Hitler had charisma. We know how well THAT turned out. And it has nothing to do with him being black either. It Colin Powell was running, I'd vote for him in a heart-beat!

[Loader]

I was a big buyer of the big 3, mostly GMs, but I got tired of poor build quality and paint falling of the vehicle after a few years. Last year I bought a Camry Hybrid, figuring it would be built in either Canada or the US. Turns out I was wrong on both counts, due to high demand, the US plant could not even keep up with US demand, and the Hybrids are not built in Canada. So my car came on a boat from the land of the rising sun. Even so the Feds were happy to give me 2K, and the Manitoba Government kicked in another 1500 to thank me for buying a hybrid. So while I think Japanese protectionism sucks, I am happy to support their dealers and service departments here in Canada because this is the nicest car I have ever owned. The Hybrid technology works flawlessly even in -40 Manitoba, and is appreciated on the rare trips to the pump.