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| EU threatens trade partners over global warming |
| 2008-01-26 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 just tax them double their tax until they give up. Just like the Little General said? See Smoot-Hawley above.... AlGores's only good moment as far as I know, but then I haven't talked deeply with Tipper and the Commodore ain't talking. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-26 18:50 |
| #10 It's all threat and no action, any such "Carbon Tariff" will hurt them as much or more than it hurts us, it's just another TAX (For their Profit, not ours) just tax them double their tax until they give up. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-26 15:47 |
| #9 was in the hundreds of billions If the other side decides to throw it all in the shitter, whut're ya gonna do? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-26 14:20 |
| #8 Umm folks, US-Europe trade is in the hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Let's not be too flip: if the EU overlords decide to slap a bunch of 'carbon' taxes on imports, global trade will slow, the world will slip into a global recession, and we'll be hurting. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-01-26 13:32 |
| #7 Good news for US and Australian wines, cheese, autos, etc. |
| Posted by: Punky Omeagum5537 2008-01-26 12:34 |
| #6 Yes I think the EU does occupy Denmark. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-01-26 10:59 |
| #5 Danish cheese, p2k? Is Denmark in the EU |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 09:44 |
| #4 Is there anything vital in trade resources that we get from Europe anymore? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-26 09:01 |
| #3 I don't know about the rest of you'all - but it is damn cold outside here. And it is snowing in California! |
| Posted by: Punky Omeagum5537 2008-01-26 04:09 |
| #2 Let's see, how many scientists signed that paper challenging global warming orthodoxy? Anybody else old enough to remember Keith Laumer's diplomat par excellence Jame Retief? This article reminds me of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne's weaponry, such as Serious Grimaces and Stern Memos. Five Rantburg Comments in five minutes. The later I stay up, the more garrulous I get. Over and out. |
| Posted by: mom 2008-01-26 01:09 |
| #1 "But European governments are becoming increasingly frustrated that they are They really need better editors and fact-checkers in the MSM. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 00:27 |