(August 9, 2018 at 10:07 am)alpha male Wrote:(August 9, 2018 at 9:55 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Yet another deplorable decision by our resident stable genius. Did he even pay attention in Econ. 101 and 102? I find it hard to believe he could have.
Canadian government subsidized Canadian paper manufacturers, giving them an unfair advantage relative to US paper manufacturers.
US imposes a tariff on Canadian paper to level the playing field.
Why is that deplorable?
I'm a hell of a lot more concerned about the well being of what remains of our print news industry (especially at the local and regional levels) than I am with U.S. paper manufacturers. The increased costs will squeeze papers even more than they already are.