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To: mishedlo who wrote (9002)	2/29/2004 9:09:52 PM
From: Condor	Respond to of 110194

Consider that 30 % tariffs are put on Canadian softwood lumber imports that are decimating the Candian lumber industry and yet the builders in the US are screaming about building costs rising not to mention the consumers who are buying into ever increasingly expensive RE markets. The southern yellow pine boys are lovin this. It was this administration that installed the tariffs on the Canadian lumber. Will we see that next year the Canadians are encouraged to ship lumber again and the tariffs dropped in order to lower US building costs? There will be a lag time as the Canadian closed mills will have to be restarted and contractually assured that US govt. tariff whimsy will not be arbitrarily restarted. And around and around we all go. C

To: mishedlo who wrote (9002)	2/29/2004 9:28:40 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

it makes perfect sense that allout trade war is coming until the trade war comes, jobs will continue to be exported since financial mechanisms are being routinely thwarted, the only remaining solution is trade protection this is so basic, and overlooked eventually, trade war will be wholly embraced by the masses the political campaigns for president will accelerate the process again, listen to Greenspasm's topics, not his words they include trade war, dollar crisis, uncontrollable federal budget, Fanny Mae undercapitalization, and now SS/Medicare insolvency in that order / jim