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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Dec 20, 2007 4:41:16 GMT -6
Obama proposes U.S. ban on China-made toysDec 19, 2007 " (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would ban all toys made in China after a series of safety scares, and he called for tougher U.S. inspections of Chinese imports.
"I would stop the import of all toys from China. Now, I have to say that that's about 80 percent of toys that are being imported right now," the Illinois senator told voters in New Hampshire, which helps kick off the 2008 White House race...." If Obama keeps saying stuff like this, I might consider voting for him.
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Post by graybeard on Dec 20, 2007 7:25:40 GMT -6
I like the idea; that's not how I would do it. Many years ago France retaliated for Japanese restrictions on wine imports by requiring all imported Japanese televisions be inspected. They employed one man to do the inspections for the whole country, and he would take each one out of the box, inspect it, then back in the box. . Japan relented.
We should require 100% inspection of all products from Communist China, with the inspectors hired by US govt, and inspections paid 100% by the importer. That should include chemical inspections, safety inspections and patent violation inspections. We deserve safety of imports at least as good as domestic products.
GB
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