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To: kumar who wrote (14734)	11/1/2003 12:05:12 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) of 793670

since this reply is directed to a post I made about visas, I assume this is what you are referring to? Work visas have little to do with free markets. The true free market system enables offshoring, work visas have no place in the mix really. Many foreign nationals that come to the US on work visas tend to get these two matters confused, but there is no comparison. The US is certainly willing to buy products from indian companies if the price is right. Also indian teams are free to bid on anything, we allow free flow of capital, the only stipulation is currency float really. There are global trade agreements regarding product dumping which need to be maintained as well. Thats about it though. There certainly is no global trade agreement wrt bringing in cheap labor to work with an objective of destroying local wages, this is explicitly called in the H1-B legislation. Companies break those laws all the time though, and that is why these visa programs will likely be reformed. The use of L1 visas are just plain unethical and perhaps illegal and will likely be cancelled completly imho. Again none of this has anything to do with trade.

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