i'd not be so sure that europe don't need to import
from the U.S. world trade is just a little more
complex than the reporters you are reading would lead
you to believe. and i have no doubt that they are
reporters that you are reading. and i'd be willing to
bet you 10 dollars to one that the article we read
last night was written by a reporter that has less
ecconomic training than i have had. if you could check
his background.
  does that mean that his points are not correct? no
europe is growing stronger, the euro is for the first
time in history stronger than the dollar. can the EU
call some shots? yes, they can! and they will. can
they call the shots and not have some of the shots hit
their own foot? no! they can't. the u.s. has called
some shots that hurt us more than helped, the EU will
find out rather quickly that they can and will hurt
themself on some things.
i'll say catagorically that the EU can not do without
importing from the U.S. that assumption is absolutly
false. can the u.s. not import from the EU? no! we can
not do without europe anymore than europe can do
without us. if either trys that, they are going to
hurt themselves. for example, do you honestly think
that china and india is going to buy enough european
autos to make up for what the U.S. buys? you can't
have it both ways, that china competes becouse of
slave labor and then have those slaves wealthy enough
to buy bmers and mercedees.
do you think asia will import enough from europe to
equal the U.S.A if they can't sell asian products to
the U.S.A. becouse americans hurt by european actions
are no longer financially able to buy the asian
products? world ecconomis are so tied together that
nothing is done by one area that does not ffect
several other areas and sometimes the very area that
started the chain of events.
no one can afford to ignore each other, but, all must
try to look after their interest. this makes for a
delicant balance.

--- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The point is, the US can no longer all all the shot
> in a global economy.  The
> Europeans don't need the US as an major importer -
> they can export to China
> or Japan, or even India.  China and India are poised
> to become the next major
> global economic powers. especially China.  China has
> signed the Kyoto
> agreement and the US has not.  If the European Union
> makes it a requirement
> to adhere to the Kyoto agreement for contractural
> agreements in trade, who do
> you think they will choose - the US or China?
>
> As I have asserted before, the US cannot afford to
> be the odd one out.
>
> I'd like to hear what our members from other
> countries think about this.
>
> Kat
>
> On Wednesday 15 December 2004 11:11 pm, ken barber
> wrote:
> > sure they are, but there are companies on the
> other
> > side of the pond that are dealing with some issues
> > too. trade is just that. trade. both sides get and
> > give. both sides benifit. if something interferes,
> > both sides get some consequenses.
> > to put it rather crudly, in a dog fight, both dogs
> > normally have teeth and both dogs get bit. and the
> EU
> > AND the US are neither little lapdogs. they are
> both
> > pitbulls.
> > take the chemicles mentioned in the article, sure
> the
> > e.u. can stop importing them. then what? you think
> the
> > chemicles were being imported for no reason? some
> > european company will go bankrupt becouse it can
> not
> > get what it needs or will have to pay so much that
> it
> > can no longer be compettive. and then what will
> the
> > U.S. not import from the EU? like i said the coin
> has
> > 2 sides, the sword is sharp on both edges.
> sometimes
> > the dog that bites first wins, sometimes the
> return
> > bite is worse than the first. the attacker
> sometimes
> > gets the worse bite.
> > there could be more than one rude awakening.
> >
> > --- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > One-sided it may be, but my company's having to
> deal
> > > with these very issues in
> > > dealing with European and Asian trade.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 15 December 2004 7:00 pm, ken
> barber
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > this one worked. this is an interesting site.
> i
> > >
> > > put it
> > >
> > > > in my favorites to return to. the article was
> > > > interesting too, even if mentioning only one
> side
> > >
> > > of a
> > >
> > > > 2 sided coin. very interesting indeed.
> >
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