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EU files document on ‘Argentine protectionism’ to WTO Council for Trade
European Commission officials confirmed Monday that a document on “Argentina’s protectionism” was filed to the World Trade Organization within the framework of the growing concern among several European countries about Buenos Aires position which is also seen as an obstacle for the renewed trade and cooperation talks between the EU and Mercosur. Read full article
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Jul 06th, 2010 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Now, you don't suppose? :-)
it will take years for the EU to do anything, again the brits will have to act, in the interest of the free world,
Jul 06th, 2010 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It would be interesting for Britain to raise the matter of the Botox Queen's decree on permits for vessels moving between Argentina and the Falkland Islands. It is, after all, a form of protectionism.
Jul 06th, 2010 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It would also be very interesting what would happen if Argentina actually stopped a British or other ship in the south Atlantic and either boarded it, or stopped it, [just what would we do] over to mr Cameron i think ??
Jul 06th, 2010 - 11:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As I understand it, in the case of Spanish incursions into Gibraltar territorial waters, boat owners have been instructed to let off distress flares. Gibraltar territorial waters cover quite a small area. I gather that the response will be from British/Gibraltar naval forces.
Jul 07th, 2010 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0In the South Atlantic, I would expect any concerned British vessel to fire distress flares and radio distress calls. And then? A response from British aviation and naval forces, I think.
No a blockade of EU products ? I can't believe my eyes, is it possible that Argentina finally takes the first steps into world politics ? or can it be a few people holding public offices trying to make right all that is wrong in Argentina using their own administrative office ? maybe this is the office to claim Malvinas, or did the EU forget who's side they are on ? They forgot the new world “mojo” if you are not with us you are our enemy, or maybe Argentina just doesn't need EU goods, I told everyone we don't need a war, we just need to close the door to the enemy, and stop the enemy from coming in and destroying our economy.
Jul 07th, 2010 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You don't know much about economics. the EU is the worlds largest economy. Trading is a major factor in every nation.
Jul 07th, 2010 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and the EU may well be duty bound to protect shipping in the south atlantic, imagine that spanish navy stopping the argentine navy and boarding it, the french patroling the argentine coastline, but alas the Royal Navy will cope very well in dealing with your ghost fleet, heard but never seen ??
Jul 07th, 2010 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We don't need a navy to keep all war monger out of Argentina, all we need to do is close the doors to countries and people who come to destroy Argentina, as bush said in the past, “if you are not with us you are against us” as soon as we get those pesty land owners from other coutries out of Argentina we will do fine, EU can go and buy food from UK, oops I forgot UK is a rock in the middle of the ocean. LOL
Jul 07th, 2010 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0oops I forgot UK is a rock in the middle of the ocean. LOL
Jul 08th, 2010 - 05:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0You also forgot theUK satellite rock 300 miles off the argie coast LOL
9 avargas2001: what you just described would destroy your nation, no nation in the world can survive without trade.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0zethe. Don't tell him! Argentina is good for grass (of one sort or another).
Jul 08th, 2010 - 01:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0zethe, no nation without resources you mean, Argentina doesn't need other nations we have all the resources we will ever need exept we keep giving it away to other nations and they sell us back finished products stealing our jobs., what Argentina needs is to get the enemy out of Argentina and get the house in order, only then we can move forward, as it is Argentina is in the short end of trades with too many corrupts in between, in any case zethe Argentina hasn't gone anywhere trading with everyone you really think open doors aproach will change anything ?? you can't expect others to come in and solve the problems for us, first you get your own house in order then you could go and trade, untill then close the doors and keep the thieves away, besides, apparently WTO means a trade police only good if you do trade, I say we give them nothing to do and not trade a thing with anyone who files a complain so there is no trade to complain about, I call this a no trade aproach in the face of discontent, the whole trade issue is supposed to be a mutual benefit, if there is no mutual benefit then take your deal else where, Argentina doesn't want it, and don't worry about Argentina we have lots of meat to eat out of all that grass we have to feed them, you should be worryed about pirats and being stuck on a rock like UK, unless you have both proplems witch will cancel eachother out since you could go and steal for a living, as our british pirat do in SouthAmerica.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 03:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That honestly shows just how much you know about the world past the end of your nose.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Any country in the world's economy would be destroyed if they decided not to trade with anyone. Thats a fact. The world relys on trade in this day and age,
ok here is my idea zethe, if you don't agree there is nothing to trade that simple, you don't like what I offer you shouldn't take it, I don't want what you offer move on. or do you really mean that all this democracy we talk about is a lie and that the world is a huge dictatorship ?? WTO doesn't feed the Argentine's, meat and weat does, and we can go for another 100 years without an I-pod, one thing is for sure UK can't eat I-pods, or petroleum for that matter, we can replace both with soya I mean Argentina, as i said before only countries without resources can't survive, a country with as much resources as Argentina not only can they survive, but also thrive, the rest of the world is just a huge distraction, this is why the doors must be closed, Argentina has nothing to lose, when everything that can and is lost is usually shiped over seas, you get it now ? zethe
Jul 08th, 2010 - 10:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You really don't get it do you? it's not as simple as that.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 10:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You stop trade and you loose out on billions in tax and income. You also loose hundreds of thousands of jobs. I'm not just saying Argentina. Any nation would be ruined if they decided to stop traiding all together.
The world is a smaller place now and many nations have huge comercial assets in eachothers nations. If you was to isolate yourself it would have HUGE inpact on you nation and it would mostly be negative. And all because of a silly border dispute? bit childish to be honest.
You could “survive” yes, and end up a third world nation. But thrive? no.
Look at the worlds biggest economys. They are all massive trading nations. These nations also generally have better militarys and way of live(with the exception of china).
besides all the reports we are recieving here in the UK.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 11:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0is upsetting our seamen, every time they pass argentina the people are crying out for help, so distessing, give them an apple i say,
I am looking at big economys and they all trade only with nations they agree with and the counties they are at war with they don't trade, Argentina has the same freedom don't you hink ?? right now we don't like the UK or the dutch and if anyone else gets their nose to confuse and not help, I think we should put them in the list as well, we lose millions as it is and it goes out of Argentina, I know we need a good front door with laws that become huge locks and dogs as politicians, we don't need to trade when all we have is raw material, what we need to do is keep jobs in Argentina by prossessing the raw material in Argentina, improve our industry and nationalize the oil field, tell all undocumented foreigners to get their bags and go home from Malvinas to Salta, by the way Argentines don't eat millions of dollars worth of tax money, we have lots of meat and weat, and we can do for another 100 years without I-pods and oil, UK can't eat oil or I-pods, if it was really that bad for Argentina a brit would not warn me, this must mean that it's the best idea, I never heard in here a brit saying anything to help Argentina, and your help must mean that you fear Argentina will do better, I must be on the right track, ignorance shows abstain from answering me.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 11:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I never heard in here a brit saying anything to help Argentina, and your help must mean that you fear Argentina .
Jul 08th, 2010 - 11:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0that’s great.............
if we offer help [we fear you] but if we ignore you [we are bad]
typical child,, we British have no problem with Argentina, just the people that want to hurt everybody, if you stay away from the Falklands and leave them alone, then we can be friends [see we are nice to you]
but if you persist on picking on the little guys, then we don’t like you,
it just common sense.
We don't want any help from UK, as a matter of fact I stated here that I wanted even the colony in Malvinas out, Who said anthing about becoming friends ? I have a better deal for you get your illegal colony out of Malvinas and then you will be hable to sleep at night without fear, I am very selective when choosing a friend or foe, and if a pirat show at your home and takes up a room, you don't make him feel welcome, you get him packing and send him home, yes just common sence, exept that brits are slow at picking up the hint, say 150 years or something like that, I think we are at the point your little cousins have overstayed their welcome, and they don't want their Argentie citizenship, so they will have to go to whatever place they call home, I heard it's britain.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 12:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0my idea is to keep everyone out untill the status quo changes, then when they learn to respect others maybe, just maybe they will be accepted into a friendship, trust is not something you give away, it's earned.
You are a very troubled person.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 01:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm just being honest. things are a little bit more complicated here in the real world. where most of us live, and you come visit every so often.
I never really believed that post on here about Argentinians being so paranoid untill i met avargas, it's mindblowing.
Gassy. Slow down and don't be worried. I have no trouble sleeping at night because of fear of Argentina. As a matter of fact, I have a problem stopping myself from going to sleep during the day when I think of Argentina.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Now some simple little FACTS for you to chew on. “Malvinas” doesn't exist except inside your tiny brain and that of others like you. The British Self-Governing Overseas Territory of the FALKLAND ISLANDS is not going to go away. In fact, it will be there when you are dead and buried. As for friendship and trust? I'd rather trust a rattlesnake than an Argentine.
well if you don’t want our help, then so be it, when Uruguay picks on you, don’t come crying to us,
Jul 10th, 2010 - 02:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0#21 a nuclear sub in Malvinas with a colony of pirats from britain is not a paranoia is a fact, it saddens me that our politicians don't take adventage of oportunity they have to move from a 3rd world to a first world nation, Iran and N Korea will not be hungry for ever, and we have enought raw material to make this two economic power houses while we build a nuclear deffence arsenal, it's a no brainer, why do you think the 1st world nations block them ? fear to competition.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 03:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Fear of irrational nations getting weapons that could set of a chain reaction which could kill every person on the world.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 09:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentine = Irrational.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lots of psychiatrists in Argentine.
If you're in the asylum, are you a doctor or an inmate?
north korea or Iran is not argentina, you guys have no idea what war/murder/rape/masacure of a nation is,, most of the bloodshen is in the middle/far east, but when it come your way, be sure to take your pils, as you are going to need them,
Jul 10th, 2010 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0South America. Home of banned agro toxins.
Jul 11th, 2010 - 05:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As Queen Victoria once said, “we do not understand the possibilities of defeat, they do not exist”. The Falkland Islands are rightfully British. full stop! thats a fact
Jul 11th, 2010 - 11:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#25 Argentina needs nuclear weapons for selfdefence not to threat anyone, there is no Argentine troops in EU, the facts are that there are british troops in Malvnas, UK intentions in Latin America where made clear in 1833, I do hope Argentine politicians wake up soon from their 100 year sleep.
Jul 12th, 2010 - 02:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0A nuclear weapon isn't a defence item. It's a weapon of mass destruction.
Jul 12th, 2010 - 02:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's a one trick pony. you fire it, every nation fires theres - everyone dies. It wouldn't help Argentina with the falklands in any way.
especially when you consider they will all be dead
Jul 12th, 2010 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and the British will still be their,
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