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2004-04-03 Down Under

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Posted by tipper 2004-04-03 12:36:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Could we have the link please, Tipper. Thanks.

Posted by Pete Stanley 2004-04-03 2:28:46 AM|| 2004-04-03 2:28:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I added it.

Posted by Fred 2004-04-03 10:25:16 AM|| 2004-04-03 10:25:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The US and Australia just concluded a free trade agreement last month -- is this what you haven't heard of? It still has to be approved by House & Senate, but consensus is that it will be. US bludgeoned Ausies into accepting an agreement that leaves out access to the absurdly protected US sugar market and delays much other ag access -- so that it was actually free traders on the US side who expressed disappointment, while in Oz it was farmers and organized labor who charge that too much was given away without enough in return (they're kind of right, actually). As far as I know, it's still unclear if the agreement will work as a plus for the gov't electorally, but it's really not something we're using as leverage at this point. (It is generally recognized that the free trade agreement was offered originally to reward Canberra's tremendous support to US global security efforts.)

Posted by Anonymous3996 2004-04-03 8:41:19 PM|| 2004-04-03 8:41:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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