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From: reid@dciem.UUCP (David Brake c/o Reid Ellis)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness?
Message-ID: <1679@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 11:31:56 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 11:31:56 1985
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In article <2186@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>In article <1394@utcsri.UUCP> peterr@utcsri.UUCP (Peter Rowley) writes:
>>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.
>
>You left out several other variables.  Particularly, salaries.
>
>Therefore, we should either:
>	1) LOWER the salaries for our workers so that our industry
>	   can be more price-competitive.
>	2) RAISE the salaries of Japanese workers so that their industry
>	   can be less price-competitive.
>I don't think either is particularly likely.  Though, elimination of
>import duties may put pressure on (1).
>Chris Lewis,
>UUCP: {allegra, linus, ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!clewis
>BELL: (416)-475-8980 ext. 321
Don't forget the advantage that the Japanese have accrued
through having a sparklig new industrial machine because
their old one was destroyed in WW II. I suggest that we
raze Canada's cities to the ground (odd saying isn't it...)
and start our industries from scratch.

David Brake
English Majors are People Too.
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