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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (56314)	7/17/2000 9:06:36 AM
From: The Vet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 117113

Ron, I thought that you could be a little more objective than this. While it is true that there is GST in New Zealand and Australia, it is a retail tax on all goods. I think if you look hard you will find that Canada and almost all the states in the US have similar sales taxes and they apply to most goods regardless of whether they are imported or not. Buy almost anything in most states in the US and you will find and item "TAX" added to the bottom of the invoice. These are NOT import restrictions in the US, New Zealand or Australia, but you have selectively quoted a sales tax and misrepresented it as a duty on imports. The case I pointed out to you, the imposition of a specific restriction on a basic food product, namely lamb meat, with a selective tarriff applied against two countries specifically is a blatant example of restrictive trade practices as practiced by your bastion of free trade, the United States of America. Your recent rant that this is justifiable because somebody else does it is hardly an excuse. Stop being so self rightous - the US instigated this particular restriction to placate a small politically active group who can't produce the product as efficiently as the lamb producers in Australia and New Zealand.