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roachboy · 06-09-2009, 08:35 AM

the central problem with this meme is that it's meaningless. unless what is meant by it is "buy from small-to-medium sized firms that do not operate on a version of just-in-time and which do not trade publically"---in which case there'd no be much in the way of consternation about effects--it means nothing.

for example, if you look at the GENERAL NOTES; GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION to the us tarrif:

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

and try to figure out what exactly is and is not an import, it gets a little squirrely...

this link
http://www.intracen.org/tfs/docs/pub...s/ruleori2.pdf
takes you to a piece that tries to systematize various legal definitions of country of origin.

you'd think this would be simple.

06-09-2009, 08:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	the central problem with this meme is that it's meaningless. unless what is meant by it is "buy from small-to-medium sized firms that do not operate on a version of just-in-time and which do not trade publically"---in which case there'd no be much in the way of consternation about effects--it means nothing. for example, if you look at the GENERAL NOTES; GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION to the us tarrif: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and try to figure out what exactly is and is not an import, it gets a little squirrely... this link http://www.intracen.org/tfs/docs/pub...s/ruleori2.pdf takes you to a piece that tries to systematize various legal definitions of country of origin. you'd think this would be simple. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite