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Old 7th Apr 2005, 03:47
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ChrisVJ
 
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You have to understand a couple of things about the USA philosophy of doing business.

We've had a round or two of it here over softwood lumber. Firstly the administration claims that it is not their doing, it is all about action by the manufacturers themselves. Second, they ignore all the rulings, there is always (for nearly four years now) another place to go. They play hardball during the holdup making deals like "Charge an export tax or we'll impose imort taxes" then the proceeding pretty well go back to square one. They also work all the angles, make side deals, break inconvenient rules, discontinue agreements., buy up the companies that get into trouble because of their action.

Unless you can play this game better than they do you should not take it too lightly.
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