Protectionism doesn't help our industry, and protectionism hurts
Canadian consumers. In the long run we all pay more by protecting
industries that cannot compete with foreign suppliers. Domestic
manufacturers produce inferior goods at inflated prices. Buzz Hargrove
and North American car makers have been fleecing Canadians for years.
How can we argue for free trade in softwood lumber but against free
trade in bicycles?
If you don't like it lobby your MP. You can find your MP's e-address
using your postal code at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E
mcsail wrote:
> Today's Ottawa Citizen (Sept 27) has another re****t
> about the Canadian International Trade Tribunal's (CITT)
> recommendation that the federal government impose a
> 30% tariff on bicycles im****ted from various offshore
> countries, including China.
>
> The good news is that the proposed tariff would only
> apply to bikes with a retail value of $400 or less.
> In other words, high-end bikes have escaped the
> possibility of higher costs as a result of this
> CITT recommendation.
>
> Nevertheless, Canadians are still paying lot of
> money because of tariffs on im****ted bikes. A press
> release by the Independent Bicycle Retailers of
> Canada on Newswire states that:
>
> "The proposed 30% surtax would be applied in
> addition to two existing protections - a 13%
> customs tariff that is applied to every bicycle
> im****ted into Canada irrespective of origin
> and special antidumping duties ranging from
> 5-50% that have been imposed on bicycles from
> Taiwan and China for well over a decade."
>
> Below are some additional sources of information.
>
> --
> Michael McGoldrick
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> e-mail: mcsail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My web sites: http://sailquest.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Wording from the executive summary of the
> CITT recommendation:
>
> "REMEDY RECOMMENDATION
>
> Having regard to all the relevant factors,
> the Tribunal considers the most appropriate
> remedy in this case to be a surtax set at 30
> percent in the first year of application,
> 25 percent in the second year and 20 percent
> in the third year.
>
> The Tribunal recommends that the surtax be
> applied to im****ts of bicycles, assembled
> or unassembled, with a wheel diameter greater
> than 38.1 centimetres (15 inches) with an
> FOB value of CAN$225 or less (equivalent to
> CAN$400 retail), subject to the exclusion of
> im****ts from free-trade agreement partners and
> certain developing countries (see Chapter V),
> and the exclusion of certain types of bicycles
> (see Chapter IV)."
>
> See the full CITT do***ent at:
>
> http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/safeguar/global/finalrep/gs2e001_e.asp
>
>
> Independent Bicycle Retailers of Canada Press Release on Newswire:
>
>
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2005/26/c3834.html
>
>
> Various news stories:
>
> http://www.cbcunlocked.com/artman/publish/article_462.shtml
>
>
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126295910303_18/
>
> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/09/02/1200264-cp.html
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