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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ron who wrote (2843)	10/26/2005 8:30:46 AM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24231

good morning ron- its not surprising that you weren't aware of the dispute. its not something the u.s. media would bring to the public's attention unless, of course, the tables were turned and canada reneged. while at a press conference during her visit to canada yesterday, this question was posed: Madame Rice, the U.S. enters into -- has thousands of agreements and treaties with all kinds of other countries around the world, but if you don't live up to an agreement on trade with your closest neighbor and abide with a NAFTA decision in a trade dispute, how are other countries around the world going to be able to trust the word of the United States on anything? her response SECRETARY RICE: Well, I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and in its agreements. Again, we have a trade dispute on a particular issue. We would like to see a negotiation of this issue succeed. But I think it's extremely important not to speak in apocalyptic language about this issue. It is an important issue, but it is a trade dispute. The many, many, many trade agreements that we have, the many, many, many times that we've had disputes in NAFTA, minor or major, we have been able to resolve them. We've been able to resolve them within mechanisms and I do not think that that has changed. We have a dispute on this issue and I'm quite certain that with goodwill and with effort, we can resolve this dispute. But again, I think it's extremely important to keep it in perspective. The United States and Canada are each other's largest trading partners. We're going to have disputes. It is not the only issue in the U.S.-Canada relationship and it certainly should not be an issue that somehow is allowed to undermine our very good working relationship on a whole host of issues. And I frankly think that we'll get through it. pardon my language, but she makes me wanna puke. the lumber lobby in the u.s. is VERY powerful. so much so that washington is not willing to alienate them - either party for that matter. -rose

To: Ron who wrote (2843)	10/29/2005 8:32:06 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24231

(OT -- sort of -- unless NAFTA and Canadian sales of oil to the U.S.eventually hinge on the outcome). ---- Ron wrote: I follow the news fairly closely and was not even aware of this disagreement over soft wood until we visited Toronto during the summer and saw it in the local papers. Rather interesting considering you folks are supposed to be our "friends" and considering what is riding on the trade agreements. Just another example of the psycho administration holding sway in Washington. here's the latest development in the softwood lumber dispute as of yesterday . . . U.S. misses another softwood deadline theglobeandmail.com Ottawa — Washington says it needs more time to consider a NAFTA ruling that orders it to drastically cut some duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports. <more> My best guess is that the U.S. is stalling on settling the softwood lumber dispute because the governent figures it can really rake in a bundle on lumber sales over the next few months while everyone is busily rebuilding after all of these hurricanes -- using Canadian lumber with huge tariffs slapped on top. What a windfall of tariff dollars that will represent. Too bad we don't just let the lumber sit right where it is at the big mills up here. Btw, what a joke, coming right on the heels of Rice's visit to Canada this week, and her claims that the U.S. trade deals are -- how did she put it -- "as good as gold". Perhaps she was talking about Fool's Gold. None of this is sending a very good message to Canadians. ~croc