Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!peterr From: peterr@utcsri.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness? Message-ID: <1394@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 10:57:41 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsri.1394 Posted: Mon Sep 16 10:57:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Sep-85 11:21:28 EDT Distribution: can Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 12 OK, you free trade buffs, here's another one for you. What's wrong with this argument (if anything)? 1. Japan has had high import duties for a long time. 2. Japan's industry is highly competitive in the world market. 3. Canada's duties have been lower than Japan's for a long time. 4. Canada's competitiveness is less than Japan's in the world market. Therefore, we should RAISE duties so our industry can become competitive like Japan's. p. rowley, U. Toronto