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To: Ilaine who wrote (1526)	10/31/2002 1:06:40 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 6901

Speaking of Free Trade. Here is how the game is played. Daily Brickbat Absurd news bites, served fresh every day. By Charles Oliver Ghosts, Ghouls, and 30 Percent Tariffs (10/31) Halloween could get a lot more expensive. For years, imported cloth costumes moved freely across U.S. borders: They were considered "nondurable" clothing, and so were exempt from tariffs and import quotas. But New York-based Rubie's Costume Co., which sews its own outfits, found it was getting slapped with duties of anywhere from 10 percent to 16 percent on imported fabric. To level the playing field, it persuaded the U.S. Court of International Trade, a federal court that rules on customs and trade-related disputes, to reclassify costumes as "fancy dress" apparel, subjecting them to duties of up to 30 percent.