MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

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  Nicholas

  “This is particularly true since Brazil is pushing for trade liberalization and is willing to further open its home market to outside competition, while Argentina has a more conservative approach”
  
  Really? Argentina has a more “conservative” approach?
  Nonsense, and stop with PC language. It's a “Populist” approach...in other words, an Idiotic approach.
  
  I bet Mercopress in the hands of Argentines. Good lord.

  Nov 21st, 2009 - 07:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Billy Hayes

  I don´t understand what you are saying?? are you talking about proteccionism??
  
  hey, look Malvinas; they have all kinds of protecctions, most of them alienated. Social protecction, political protection, economic protection, communicational protection, inmigrational, commercial, educational, mental. So much protection that they don´t live in modern world. I don´t understand why they don´t want to live in a city; Stanley without most of that protections should be another city of south atlantic & patagonia.
  
  The only thing they don´t protect is enviroment; foreign vessels are overfishing every year for 100 millon people. That´s not fair for the region.
  
  In EU you have a shameful situation, the worst case of protecctionism in modern world; agricultural subsidies. Why european farmers can´t compite with south americans farmers?? You are first world and we are third; shame on you.
  
  Hey Gordon, you want your deficit cut?? cut agric subs.
  
  It´s easy, UK is developed they protect farmers, we are developing and we protect industry, brazil is an industrial giant for us, we can´t compite as equals.

  Nov 21st, 2009 - 11:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  jorge

  Billy, I totally agree with you. US and UE can't say anything until they stop their subsides to the agriculture. Regarding what Lagos said, I personally wouldn't like to live under the chilean model, I've been in pucon, one of the most beautifull cities of chile and you know what, everything depens on private sector, so they didn't have gas in their houses due to lack of investment. I also agree with you about the idiot who wrote first, whom I say Mercopress is in islanders hands. They are part of the falkland propaganda.
  
  Cheers

  Nov 22nd, 2009 - 02:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Nicholas

  A Populist Approach is Protectionism.
  
  I agree, My country and the crooks in the EU should stop the subsidies, and not only the agriculture subsidies. The US is willing to do that, but it's not possible if the Eu doesn't stop with it. Those agriculture subsidies don't make sense, but the EU bureaucrats are killing the farmers, and plenty of people in the EU nations are fed up with high taxes and demand a cut, that means also less money for those spoiled farmers. It's all a matter of time that it will stop :). The US is wide open for many products, but can do better. If a government serious want to protect it's industry but keep it's border wide open for business, cut taxes and wasteful spending. The higher the taxes you take from the people who create jobs, the less jobs there are, the more money for the crooks in the government, the more wasteful spending. Sounds familiar?
  Now back to what I typed first...What Argentina is doing is not conservative, but populist=being Protectionist because it cannot compete with it's neighbor. well poor you..that's your own stupid fault. Is that the end of the world? Even if you know you will never become as strong like Brazil, big deal..you can still do what you must do to become a stable nation and keep the border wide open for business what is good for the people. Have a deficit with Brazil? big deal..make sure that you compensate that with other markets. But don't bitch about other countries about protectionism when it hurts your nation.

  Nov 25th, 2009 - 11:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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