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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (21245)	6/19/2004 1:13:14 AM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81904

U.S. Slaps Duties on Chinese Furniture This is unbelievable. They are slapping tariffs @200%. Industry spokesmen said: " "With tariffs at this rate you have to wonder why they even bothered," Chipperfield said. But Doug Bassett, vice president of sales at Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co., said he expected duty levels to rise when the Commerce Department made its final decision. "This is a preliminary ruling and the final ruling will not be until October. The duties announced thus far are the floor and not the ceiling of what will occur," Bassett said. " news.yahoo.com If 200% doesn't have any impact, I wonder what will. Out here on Canada's west coast, we know about American tariffs. They have cost the lumber industry here billions, while every appeal has been won by Canada todate. The American lumber barons want protection from the finished product, (lumber), while they export raw logs from Canada to their lumber mills without tariffs or duties. Sometimes this New American World Order doesn't seem fair.