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To: Ilaine who wrote (81771)10/21/2011 3:18:45 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217699
 
How can they logically take on this burden just to make goods cheap for the importers?

Noting that they are going to deal -themselves- with the costs of the clean up and the costs of the accidents and health issues.

The exporting countries, where environmental issues are blown out of proportions, added to the costs of exported goods all kind of environmental actions -real and imaginary- that create pseudo jobs at home.

The Chinese just arbitraged.

Mr. Wu thought: If Hans, Jones and Larsson are gorging in undeserved profits by just pasting up a label into the goods' package; I bypass that label and pass the savings to Helmuth, John and Olaf!

Voila China rise!



To: Ilaine who wrote (81771)11/7/2011 8:58:05 PM
From: Ilaine1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217699
 
Speaking of negative externalities (as I was) 1/10 of China's farmland is contaminated by heavy metals.
reuters.com

Not something that you can just wish away. No amount of rah-rah chest beating will make it go away. Either it is, or it ain't.