> EU plans tit-for-tat tariffs in key US election states
> Charlotte Denny and Larry Elliott
> Saturday March 16, 2002
> The Guardian
>
> Europe has a further weapon up its sleeve - in April it will
> receive the go-ahead from the World Trade Organisation to impose
> tariffs on the US in a separate dispute of American tax breaks for
> its big exporters. Washington has described the EU's demand for
> $4bn in tariffs as the "nuclear option".
There are two, and only two, rules in the 21st century world-system.
(1) Do not piss off Asiazilla. (2) Do not piss off Eurozilla.
Let's see if the Emirs of Enronistan can succeed in batting 1.000.
-- Dennis