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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 12:09 PM
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1. If other countries engage in protectionism, then will Gordon change his mind?
Or is it only the US that should not be allowed to do a thing; everyone else can do what they want and then yell at us for even thinking about doing what they are doing?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Indust...
(Just a little article posted by another DUer. The US is merely speaking words. Other countries are already engaging in actions. Is protectionism by the US wrong at this point? Indeed, define "protectionism"...)
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  -Britain's Brown Says 'Economic Hurricane' Has Swept The World, Warns Against US Protectionism Purveyor  Mar-04-09 12:02 PM   #0 
  - If other countries engage in protectionism, then will Gordon change his mind?  Deja Q   Mar-04-09 12:09 PM   #1 
  - so perhaps its the right thing to do  corpseratemedia   Mar-04-09 12:41 PM   #2 
  - Britain's Brown warns US against protectionism  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-04-09 01:34 PM   #3 
  - Did anyone ask Brown why the UK did not regulate AIG's Financial Products division  FarCenter   Mar-04-09 01:34 PM   #4 
  - News flash to the world: America can't fix everything.  AndyA   Mar-04-09 01:34 PM   #5 
  - ahh duh yes protectionism  lovuian   Mar-04-09 01:34 PM   #6 
  - Sorry Charlie........WE WILL Protect our own jobs.....THANKYOU  goforit   Mar-04-09 01:34 PM   #7 
  - two things -- first AIG -- second --  xchrom   Mar-04-09 02:47 PM   #8 
  - English guys are still telling us what to do?  Algorem   Mar-04-09 02:54 PM   #9 
  - Notice how all these countries are worried the U.S. will start buying & making our own products.  cobalt1999   Mar-04-09 02:58 PM   #10 
  - Thanks for your kind words  Brimon   Mar-04-09 03:06 PM   #11 
     - You seem to be mixing up several different things. Our troops  EFerrari   Mar-04-09 03:15 PM   #12 
     - That was not my point.  Brimon   Mar-04-09 03:24 PM   #14 
        - Right. And my point is that Bush and his cronies use ALL OF US  EFerrari   Mar-04-09 04:10 PM   #20 
     - So, Britain only joined the war in order to get paid?  cobalt1999   Mar-04-09 03:16 PM   #13 
     - cobalt  Brimon   Mar-04-09 03:28 PM   #16 
        - ...and the U.S. has fought alongside & supported Briton in the past too  cobalt1999   Mar-04-09 03:37 PM   #17 
     - Heads up chap....  Butch350   Mar-04-09 03:27 PM   #15 
     - Friendship  Brimon   Mar-04-09 03:47 PM   #18 
        - You realize that Britain has an almost $7 Billion trade SURPLUS with the U.S.  cobalt1999   Mar-04-09 04:08 PM   #19 
     - Oh, can it "dipshit:"  NM Independent   Mar-04-09 06:05 PM   #22 
  - Protectionism is only bad when America does it.  anonymous171   Mar-04-09 04:24 PM   #21 
 

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