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Originally Posted by Kobuchi
Thank you.
Now, suppose you run a cheese shop, and you want to boycott Israeli products through it...
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The antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) apply to all "U.S. persons," defined to include individuals and companies located in the United States and their foreign affiliates. These persons are subject to the law when their activities relate to the sale, purchase, or transfer of goods or services (including information) within the United States or between the U.S. and a foreign country.
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...the boycott would begin with telling your suppliers or purchasing agents, "Goods of Israeli origin not acceptable". Are you free to do that?
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Your theory on how the law should work has some major First Amendment issues. Let’s not speculate on how the law should work in theory. Show me some case law. This has been on the books for 25 years.
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Originally Posted by Kobuchi
Halabja isn't comperable to Dresden and Hiroshima? OK both sides were bombarding it, but isn't that irrelevant to the dead? It was a slaughter.
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No Halabja is more comparable to what the Turks did to the Armenians. Kobuchi dead is dead, no doubt. However, circumstances and intent are always factors.
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Originally Posted by Kobuchi
Contradictory to say these trade disputes work out, in the end, and also admit they're eternal (lumber for example has been an issue between out countries for centuries). Pick one.
I didn't mean to act like trade disputes haven't been around as long as lying and stealing and squandering your good name. That you, Lothar5150, excuse it as normal behaviour (in your "interest", perhaps?) really illuminates the problem to me, and blesses the solution.
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Self-interest is modeus operandi of all involved in free trade. That doesn’t mean lie, cheat or steal but it does mean the every trade is a quid pro quo or be perceived as such by both parties. Sure the dispute over lumber will likely pop up repeatedly. Each time we will come to an acceptable, albeit temporary, compromise. There are some very complicated underlying issues in all these disputes so don’t fall into the trap of oversimplification.
For instance, agriculture is an industry where we need insure our ability to produce food our population. Lumber, mining of certain base metals, transportation etc… also fall into this category. Not that I think these industries should not have to compete with foreign goods or services but we do need to insure that we maintain the industrial capability.