Folks, I used Soviet Union instead of Russia. My bad.
Chi Jaama
Joe Sambou
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>Subject: Re: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs-
>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:12:11 +0000
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>Edi, I know you chose to ignore my points and resorted to piggy back on
>Abdul, which is ok. I however, in the interest of sharing knowledge, want
>to share this excerpt culled from Gassama's posting on Networking food
>security for poor Gambians:
>
>" B) Export Subsidies
>Allows countries to export goods on the world market at prices lower than
>those in their domestic markets. Under the agreements, trade-distorting
>subsidies are illegitimate. Countries in the North however, provide
>facilities to enable their farmers to export their excess produce into our
>markets without undue financial stress on them.
>
>The study in the poultry sector is a glaring testimony to this. The study
>revealed that the impact of such an action has been enormous in terms of
>making domestic production uncompetitive thus sending most producers out of
>business, and overall affecting returns to The Gambian economy."
>
>Well, just today, the US is challenging the Soviet Union on matters
>relating
>to the poultry industry. Last year, US farmers made over $600,000,000
>selling poultry to the Soviets. Well, the Soviets decided to protect their
>budding poultry industry, thus refusing to buy from US farmers under the
>guise of a policy against consuming poultry meat injected with penicillin
>for faster growth. My question again, how comparative or absolute is this
>advantage and who is measuring this advantage? In the above example can we
>tell who has the comparative or absolute advantage? Don't you think it's
>about time we start thinking out of the box. The battle in this century is
>the battle of ideas and it behooves us to think for our selves rather than
>saddling David Ricardo's theory which works well for the west to our
>disadvantage. We should learn from the mistake of Lobengula, our
>Mashonaland fore-father that signed the treaty with the west without
>knowing
>what he signed for, thus he gave away the land to his big surprise. :)!
>You do not have to respond if that is your wish but thanks for the healthy
>exchange.
>
>Abdul and Yus, as always, you added value to the discourse and Gambia is
>better off with all of us putting our ideas together.
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>>From: Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs-
>>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:45:56 +0000
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>>Mr Ejie,
>>
>>Thanks for your kind analysis on this issue, I do not have be an economist
>>to make a point on this regard. What i was trying to point out here is the
>>fact that our resources are so few to gain us more development assistance
>>than the economic assistance from the US. Instead, if Nigeria or other
>>African countries with huge amount of natural resources claim to have
>>access
>>in the US market than the economical assistance that sounds cleaver.
>>
>>Africa in general has a lot to offer in terms of natural resources. It is
>>clear enough that if African's resource are stopped from entering the
>>west,
>>their industries will face desaster.
>>
>>Again you are very right to say that high debts are not good for our
>>nation's future if they are not use in right purposes. But the Gambia in
>>particular, have only tourism and groundnut cultivation to gain us hard
>>currency. Fancy these two important factors to our economy are recently in
>>a
>>very bad shape. Therefore, the only alternative here is economic
>>assistance
>>not a gate way to the US market. once more thanks for your contribution
>>and
>>enlightening.
>>
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>Edi, I know you chose to ignore my points and resorted to piggy back on
>Abdul, which is ok. I however, in the interest of sharing knowledge, want
>to share this excerpt culled from Gassama's posting: "The study in the
>poultry sector is a glaring testimony to this. The study revealed that the
>impact of such an action has been enormous in terms of making domestic
>production uncompetitive thus sending most producers out of business, and
>overall affecting returns to The Gambian economy." Well, just today, the
>US
>is challenging the Soviet Union on matters relating to the poultry
>industry.
> Last year, US farmers made over $600,000,000 selling poultry to the
>Soviets. Well, the Soviets decided to protect their budding poultry
>industry, thus refusing to buy from US farmers under the guise of policies
>against consuming poultry meat injected with penecellin for faster growth.
>My question again, how comparative or absolute is this advantage and who is
>measuring this advantage? Don't you think it's about time we start
>thinking
>out of the box. The battle in this century is the battle of ideas and it
>behooves us to think for our selves rather than saddling David Ricardo's
>theory which works well for the west to our disadvantage. Please take a
>look at Gassama's forward of "Food Security For Poor Gambians"
>
>
>>From: Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs-
>>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:45:56 +0000
>>
>>Mr Ejie,
>>
>>Thanks for your kind analysis on this issue, I do not have be an economist
>>to make a point on this regard. What i was trying to point out here is the
>>fact that our resources are so few to gain us more development assistance
>>than the economic assistance from the US. Instead, if Nigeria or other
>>African countries with huge amount of natural resources claim to have
>>access
>>in the US market than the economical assistance that sounds cleaver.
>>
>>Africa in general has a lot to offer in terms of natural resources. It is
>>clear enough that if African's resource are stopped from entering the
>>west,
>>their industries will face desaster.
>>
>>Again you are very right to say that high debts are not good for our
>>nation's future if they are not use in right purposes. But the Gambia in
>>particular, have only tourism and groundnut cultivation to gain us hard
>>currency. Fancy these two important factors to our economy are recently in
>>a
>>very bad shape. Therefore, the only alternative here is economic
>>assistance
>>not a gate way to the US market. once more thanks for your contribution
>>and
>>enlightening.
>>
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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