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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12579)	11/12/2003 3:17:31 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

no argument with you about Buchanan however lets look at this trade issue In the 80s, Japan was initially allowed to dump both cars and consumer electronics in the US, in many cases below their cost which was dumping, there may not have been a law initially against this. From what little I know about international computer mfg, most countries like for example Australia do not allow Apple to sell computers there unless they manufacture there. The reason is related to jobs and value added services. We enacted some kind of laws like that in the late 80s which resulted in the Nummi plant and others so japanese cars are now made here. They used to not be. Do these laws still exist? Anti dumping laws do but what about the requirement to manufacture what you sell. Some of these countries are going to apply policies like this to software I suspect.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12579)	11/12/2003 3:47:03 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

Looks like Lou Dobbs has a show on this tonight Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Join us for our series of special reports, "Exporting America." We take an in-depth look at whether the United States benefits from trade agreements. Is America trading away its economy? cnn.com I doubt they would ever cover a company like Oracle in a discussion like this, because your average viewer probably can't relate to database software. However, Oracle is the #2 software company in the world and I really believe they offshored their market away.