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to: Don Hills
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2003-06-14 10:36:36
subject: Re: EU modified food ban causes millions to starve

From: Adam Flinton 

Don Hills wrote:
> In article ,
> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote:
>
>> "The United States, whose farmers are feeling the impact from a ban on
>>genetically modified food by the European Union (search), is working on
>>a claim filed with the World Trade Organization (search) calling the
>>EU's actions a form of illegal protectionism."
>>One don't file complaints with the WTO about a bunch of whining from
>>idiot greens.
>
>
> That's poetic justice - the USA use of trade protectionism due to pressure
> from the US primary producers' lobby is a sore point with many other
> countries. If you want free access to other markets, you need to provide
> free access to yours.
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
> "I don't use Linux. I prefer to use an OS supported by a large multi-
> national vendor, with a good office suite, excellent network/internet
> software and decent hardware support."


Yeah think of all those US houses which haven't been built coz they're only
economic at Canadian lumber prices....poor ickle people freezing to death
in the open coz of nasty US wood protectionism....

Adam

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