Tuesday, February 3, 2009

How to piss off our friends

Europeans are not very happy about the "Buy American" clause in the current stimulus bill:

The EU and Canadian ambassadors to Washington have already warned that the clause could promote protectionism and trigger retaliatory moves.

UPDATE: The Chef over at The Economist's Cookbook deftly expands on this post. Please take some time to take a look.
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2 comments:

  1. Paul EilersFebruary 3, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    Snuggle up to the Middle East, but then piss of the Europeans?

    Is the the great new "change" the Obama administration had in mind?

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  2. The_ChefFebruary 3, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    Smoot-Hawley all over again.

    FUCK.

    Does no one ever learn?

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