Forum Home
PC World Chat
Thread ID: 80961	2007-07-11 00:15:00	No more food from China please !	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
567941	2007-07-11 10:43:00	Does anyone in their right mind think that a Trade deal with China will benefit NZ? I predict that any increase in our exports to them will be more than matched by the reverse flow. Ergo, an even bigger trade deficit. Martynz	martynz (5445)
567942	2007-07-13 22:25:00	I like free trade, but only when its fair free trade. And China does not and will not play fair. They copy everything, and put non-tarrif barriers in place, and their goverment/officials can do or make anything they want. Say No to a trade deal with China. Regards Digby	Digby (677)
567943	2007-07-13 23:19:00	I like free trade, but only when its fair free trade. And China does not and will not play fair. They copy everything, and put non-tarrif barriers in place, and their goverment/officials can do or make anything they want. I agree. They don't invent their own products, they just copy all the brand names, produce an almost identical but vastly inferior item and flog it off as the real thing. On the Airline program last week the Aussies were destroying tonnes of fake goods that travellers had brought into the country, eg "Gucci" handbags, fancy "expensive" golf clubs, etc etc. People actually think they are buying the real thing rather than inferior copies. :(	FoxyMX (5)
567944	2007-07-13 23:37:00	In fact China can't do anything right,they happen to make everything.	Cicero (40)
567945	2007-07-14 01:47:00	I like free trade, but only when its fair free trade. And China does not and will not play fair. They copy everything, and put non-tarrif barriers in place, and their goverment/officials can do or make anything they want. Say No to a trade deal with China. Regards Digby When you buy anything from a company (even a NZ company) that makes stuff in china, you are actually making things more expensive for yourself in the future, and are also causing damage to the world. This is because supporting chinas economy is making china richer, and they are then putting more demand on the worlds resources, which in turn makes them more expensive for all. Not t mention china is the worlds leading polluter, due to making all the rubbish, using unsustainable energy such as coal powerplants. The solution is to avoid chona all together, and keep them in the third world, which will also bring down the worlds carbon footprint. Unfortionately people don't look into the future, which is why there are major problems looming. Global warming, rising sea levels, more extreme weather, higher fuel prices, higher natural resource prices etc.	robbyp (2751)
567946	2007-07-14 03:15:00	robbyp, you are right, of course, but try preaching that to the general population who like getting goods at cheap prices. Never mind that a good deal of what they buy from that country is utter crap. :rolleyes:	FoxyMX (5)
567947	2007-07-14 03:26:00	"keep them in the third world"? It was only about 150 years ago that Great Britain and the USA went to war against China to enforce their "free trade" . They had a lot of opium to sell . Let's see them try to keep China in the third world now . The US is the largest debtor nation in the world . Much of the money is lent from China . A "free trade agreement" with the US would be a disaster for NZ . We'll get a better deal from China . ;) People seem to like cheap computers, television sets, clothing, power tools, etc . US, English, NZ, manufacturers get such things made in whatever country is cheapest at the time . One enterprising NZ "manufacturer" created local employment by getting people to cut off "made in China" tags from clothing and sewing on "Made in NZ" ones . If you don't like these things happening, you can thank the "marketeers" .	Graham L (2)
567948	2007-07-14 11:35:00	Some fascinating responeses in this thread . Amazingly ignorant too . I will agree a free trade agreement with either China or USA is stupid & not beneficial to NZ .	mmmork (6822)
567949	2007-07-14 11:52:00	:stare: Man, I like cheap computer though, although most of the parts are made in China, even Sony floppy drive is made in China no longer Made in Japan. But I hate to admit that some quality are pretty crap it is normally up to the company to resolve this issue, yeah sometimes a defective product. Can I still get quality computer parts by Western Made?	PedalSlammer (8511)
567950	2007-07-14 11:55:00	Germany :D on a puny NZ salary ;-) Anyway,we are so small what can we do really .... Maybe NZ can buy all food and products in Italy,France, Germany,UK	Nomad (952)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7