Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: egg/chicken chicken/egg chigg/eckin Message-ID: <1599@dciem.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 10:47:14 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1599 Posted: Tue Jun 25 10:47:14 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 14:12:49 EDT References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <5642@utzoo.UUCP> <896@mnetor.UUCP>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 23 Summary: >>This is precisely the main thesis of the Brandt Commission report of 1982(1?). >>If the Western world does not ensure that the Third World improves >>drastically its standard of living, the Western economies will collapse. >>If they do develop their internal economies so that they can support >>a significant level of trade with us, not only they, but we will be >>much better off. > >Tell that to Bangladesh (sp?). After pouring in megabucks in aid to that >country, so that among other things they can develop a textile industry, >the Government insists on putting quotas on the shirts they export to >Canada. Makes a lot of sense, eh? > >J.B. Robinson No. Tell it to the Canadian Government and the protectionist lobbyists. I expect the Bangladesh Government and others in similar situations are well aware of the inconsistency. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt