Unfortunately, in spite of having a Republican Congress and a Republican President, the U.S. still imposes some significant barriers to international trade. John Palmer amusingly proposes a way that the barriers to U.S.-Canada trade could be elminated.

Comments

[Walter Wessels]

"In Spite"? I would say "because of". If we had a Republican President and a Democratic congress (or visa versa), my guess is that we would have less growth in government, less interference with international trade, and a freer economy. Comparing the Bush years with the Clinton years (after Clinton was saddled with a Republican Congress) bears this out (that is, far less growth in government). To put it differently, Republicans have proven themselves as bad as Democrats (and perhaps worse) when left alone to do mischief.

[John Palmer]

Well Canada has just retaliated against the Byrd amendment. A 15% tariff on oysters, cigarettes, and live swine. sheeesh.
http://the-econoclast.blogspot.com/2005/03/smoot-hawley-all-over-again.html

[John Chilton]

Walter is right of course.