0125arwen
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In response to upthecreekyetagain

‎30-03-2016 4:26 PM

@upthecreekyetagain wrote:
@0125arwen wrote:
@upthecreekyetagain wrote:

As regards the EU and trade deals is it really the job of the EU, or the UK government for that matter to negotiate trade deals that make raw materials more expensive!

 

I would have thought it was the opposite, get the best possible price for raw materials that will allow industries producing goods from these materials to compete on the world open market.  If you want to protect home base industries such as steel production then surely the answer to that has to be to ensure that government contracts use locally produced materials, (i.e. an indirect government subsidy).

EU imposes maximum 42.1% anti-dumping tariff on Chinese solar glass exporters

surely the answer to that has to be to ensure that government contracts use locally produced materials, that's against eu rules

It is against EU rules only in regards to products from other EU countries

So in other words, the answer to, surely the answer to that has to be to ensure that government contracts use locally produced materials, they can't eu rules do not allow it, as i said

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