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JayhawkSD

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19. Trade wars don't help anyone in the long run.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu May 17, 2012, 11:27 PM

May 2012

Even Paul Krugman will agree on that issue.

And our skirts are not all that clean. We subsidize our agriculture industry, called "farm subsidies," so that NAFTA utterly destroyed Mexican farmers.

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U.S. Slaps High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels [View all] alp227 May 2012 OP

A little too late to help Solyndra unfortunately. n/t bluesbassman May 2012 #1

It's about time. Raise ALL tariffs on imported goods. Dont call me Shirley May 2012 #2

How about subsidies for American solar panel producers instead of "big oil"? xtraxritical May 2012 #3

The US subsidizes renewable energy to the tune of $15 billion per year. nt TheWraith May 2012 #18

A move to protect OIL? Suprise suprise suprise. Vincardog May 2012 #4

How so? alp227 May 2012 #17

Tariffs to protect the energy companies from all that CLEAN competition. Vincardog May 2012 #22

tariffs just raise prices to consumers due to less compettion.... n/t IamK May 2012 #5

Tariffs just... JUST? . . . .. . . J U S T ? FogerRox May 2012 #8

Dumping products below cost of production in foreign markets does, too. Ikonoklast May 2012 #10

A move keep further Solyndras from happenning. The Chinese subsidise their solar tech forms, we .... marble falls May 2012 #6

China needs to clean up the Silicon TetraChloride it dumps into the Earth SkatmanRoth May 2012 #7

Exactly. It's called a level playing field. cheapdate May 2012 #12

WE did what? Hoo rah USA - WOOT WOOT ! ! ! FogerRox May 2012 #9

NanoSolar will be happy. Solar City will not. truthisfreedom May 2012 #11

Praise Jesus, and Thank You, Mr. President! OneAngryDemocrat May 2012 #13

To little, too late magic59 May 2012 #14

In the short-term, this will help US solar makers. In the long-term, it worsens global warming NickB79 May 2012 #15

Good... now for the rest of Chinese goods! Fearless May 2012 #16

Trade wars don't help anyone in the long run. JayhawkSD May 2012 #19

I read somewhere that the Chinese employ some pretty hefty tariffs themselves 4th law of robotics May 2012 #23

Well, I guess its a step in the right direction. Left Coast2020 May 2012 #20

Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) hmmy786 May 2012 #21