They make steel
We make steel
They can ship it , distribute it and sell it for Much Less than our steel makers can.

Our factories are regulated so our environment doesn't kill us.
Theirs, notsomuch.

So, why not demand that Our competitors who want to import to us,
Operate under the same burdens?
Level the playing field
And
Protect the environment

boycott

Boycott bakers who don't wanna make your cake.

Boycott gun makers if you don't like guns.

Boycott SUV makers if you believe in GW.

Boycott a donutshop if they serve cops.

Boycott TT, if you think stupidity is transmittable.

I agree in total.
It was our desire to export captilsm to the world, much easier than fighting wars.
The global market is real, and trade boundaries impossible to impose.

Let’s look at how it works, marketing.
Marijuana use to be illegal, a controlled substance, against the law.
But through promotion and marketing, it is fast becoming a legal trade commodity.
Those who stand to profit off of it are winning the war of marketing.

That is capitalism 101.

Lots of money and energy went into trying to enforce the old rules.
That paid no dividends, only a liability and capital drain.

Such will be the wars waged on the global stage too.

He who with the best value product and demand, wins.

Be it pot, guns, or speedos....( almost summer, use SUNSCREEN)

 Agreed.

 So if we demand that other countries meet our EPA standards how do we enforce it?

 Or do we just shut off trade with most the outside world and try to deal with those consequences?  If we go that route how do we get people to vote it in?

Eegore wrote on 03/30/18 at 11:10:55:


Instead of countries signing empty agreements to calm the warmlarmists, let's see meetings and agreements like this.
Cooperation, try that.
Just like anything else, if the jury of your peers, I.E., the global community, sees YOU taking a dump on the World, while others are operating a clean system,you're gonna have to deal with that.

You need a new set of hand tools .
Your list is complete.
$300.00 for quality, Made in the USA
or $60.00 for cheep junk, sold at a mart-mart.

Seems the MAGA hat wearing people,
Spend the 300.00.  One Time in 20 years.
Where the, Unicorn believers,
spend 60.00, then spend 15.00 a year,
for the next 20 years, to buy again what broke.

    And say to the 300.00 buyer:
    ‘You must be, ‘Bat $hit Crazy”

Jesus says,.. "Buy American"...