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28-02-05, 02:15 PM
@Coltrane. That shows you what these people are and why as my father use to say when you shake hands with a white man count your fingers afterwards, because after they have gone back against agreements which gave smaller and weaker countries a chance to at least get a foot in the door, when it suits they change the game. But what is so disgusting what does the US know about fair trade when it uses every mechanism known to economist to prevent that.
I remember last year, them raising hell at cheap Vietamese fish and going to all lenghts to stop it. Same with cars once upon a time when these crackers were attacking their own who did not buy US vehicles which was the working mans response to support the heap of penalties and obstacle they were trying to put up against Japan.
So after stabbing us in the back and face, they then have the front to tell us not to sell our fruit to LIbya. LadyDay excuse me princess. but who the **** are they and who do they think they are talking to?
Look at Antigua right now who are head to head in a war with the US over all things internet gambling. Some sweaty Sryian Arab in another one of their great contribution to the economy and characteristic of their development of our region and role within it, started internet gambling hosted in the island.
They yanks have gone ballistic and are screaming WTO and all kinds of legalistic shite to make sure they stop anybody challenging them to monopolise whatever industry it is, even a sleazy non industry like gambling. Might take a couple of dollars out of the pocket of the Las Vegas mob.
This is why the business and political class are silenty oppotimistic about China's interest in our regional affairs.
LadyDay is on the ball again. We should not buy Latin American bananas for a whole heap or reasons, particularly given the way workers are treated which you couldn't dare and come with in banana producing countries. Our workers and have fought an died for a decent wage for their effort.
I will not have them in this house and if they get here it is by accident with the wife buying them in some big supermarket on the way home, but never with me around. The best place to buy 5 Isle bananas is usually in the market.
Share holders like me and others organised to make sure Tesco and Sainsbury's honoured its committment to qualiity produce and good prices and kept our products on its shelves for years. But once we blinked they did a U turn, probably because they were being seriously undercut by Latin products and despite all the ethical commitments they run a business.
Every Latin American banana you buy is directly harming my family' businesses and the people they employ and our immediate village communities in a very very direct way. so I cannot be seen eating or will I ever a Latin American banana. About 7 years ago and you went to my uncle's various mechanical engineering busineses and work shops, you would see about 20 mechanics and engineers of all sorts, including quite a few of young apprentices all of whom are from our local village.
Our food businesses were booming, as all the workers and the traffic they brought in went to our establshments or those around the corner in the next village, many of whom are run by other close family or long tme neighbours.
My uncle had key maintance contracts for banana conveys which were very lucrative, allowing him to employ plenty staff and maximum capacity and growing. Moreover, because there were so many high skilled engineers of all sorts around, most of the transport operators would bring their vehicles as they did not have to wait long to be scheduled in. All you saw were men and machines.
Now my cousin who runs that end of the business, if you go there a very small number of staff and hardly any youths doing their apprenticeships etc. The banana industry contains many sub industries very specialised in character eg the provision of water system machinary, people to install and maintain them and I can go on.
So the impact on the rural and national economy is very very heavy and directly related in young men moving to the city "to look a dollar" not knowing how they are going to get it, crime and a whole heap of other negative things.
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