Comments on: Why Does Our Government Hate Vietnam?

By: The Entrepreneurial Mind

The Entrepreneurial Mind — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 01:13:32 +0000

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By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:42:46 +0000

Bring back the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act!

By: Robert Tagorda

Robert Tagorda — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:25:18 +0000

Jazz Shaw: That's an understandable sentiment, but I think we have to remember that other countries can retaliate against our protectionist measures. Perhaps the Vietnamese themselves can only do so in limited fashion. But certainly the EU and other developed countries can have an impact, and in this light, we have to consider whether protectionism is beneficial overall.

By: Jazz Shaw

Jazz Shaw — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:14:47 +0000

I'm one of those hypocrites who is only interested in global markets when it benefits the US first. I think opening certain things to global free trade works out decently enough, but other things are suicidal to American interests. Yes, I'd love to help everyone, but I'll help Americans first, thanks. I see nothing wrong with helping the American shrimp industry out. Shrimp still don't cost all that much. I don't really need to have the price dropped another 20 cents per pound just to help the Vietnamese shrimping industry.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:13:39 +0000

Bubba Gump is Vietnamise?
Who knew?

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:44:21 +0000

Walter,

Why should they take back the refugees that came here or that we should make them go back? If they want to go back that's their own business. Most of them are naturalized US citizens so they belong here just like any other American. The Hmong are a special case, and their devotion to the US cause during the war made them special in the eyes of their US counterpants, especially those in the special forces. They are still a neglected, or even targeted group in Vietnam because of their actions during the war.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:38:40 +0000

John,

Parts of the conservation movement has pushed for closed market initiatives or nativist legislation. Just this year a group of anti-immigration activists sought to take over the Sierra Club to turn it into an anti-immigration group.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:10:41 +0000

Let Vietnam take back all the Hmungs and boat people without retribution, then talk trade.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:36:25 +0000

My local paper, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune runs a story on the front page of its "Florida West" section on sustainable seafoods. They republish a list of seafod under rubrics of "Best choices," "Good alternatives," and "Avoid", citing the Monterey Bay Aquarium National Seafood Guide 2005. Among the seafoods to avoid are "Shrimp (imported farmed or trawl-caught)". Are conservationists becoming part of the closed-market cliques, or is this just coincidence?

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 14:07:29 +0000

We talk out of both sides of our mouth when it comes to free trade. Our subsidies, and tariffs against developing countries' agricultural products makes it almost impossible for them to compete on an equal footing, and to find a way out of poverty and to develop into more mature economies. But in the end, all politics are local and you need to please your constituents.