Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watcgl!jchapman From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: free trade Message-ID: <2590@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 09:44:30 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.2590 Posted: Wed Oct 2 09:44:30 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 04:47:51 EDT References: <2518@watcgl.UUCP> <13@ubc-cs.UUCP> <2530@watcgl.UUCP> <19@ubc-cs.UUCP> <819@lsuc.UUCP> <31@ubc-cs.UUCP> Distribution: can Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 14 . . > I am yet to hear anyone reconcile the "buy American" tenet (myth) attributed > to US citizens with the fact that the US has a projected trade deficit > of $150 billion (US). Doesn't sound like them Yankees are buying American > to me. [And let's not forget California (pop. 25 million) where one out of > every two new cars bought is an import.] Note that we have a trade *surplus* > (~$20 billion) thus implying that Canadians "buy Canadian" (even if it is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or that we sell an awful lot of stuff outside of canada. > because we're coerced into doing so). > > J.B. Robinson