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To: LLCF who wrote (31095)4/9/2003 12:03:54 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Oil weapon? Have you heard about the Orange Juice weapon? The US slaps USD700 in every ton of concentrated orange juice from Brazil.

The Orange Juice weapon is pointed to the heads fo the Florida orange juice producers that can't compete with Brazil's.

Wonder why Japan, France and Germany are not afraid of the oil weapon.

Then there's the steel weapon, oh, forget it!



To: LLCF who wrote (31095)4/9/2003 10:43:27 AM
From: Moominoid  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Imagine if the Chinese said that the price of wheat and corn was too high and they need to attack Canada to force them to sell grain at below market prices and undercut the evil Americans to feed cattle to provide the growing middle class in China with beef and other meat....