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Bill: Imports Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2116
Description[?]:
| In order to protect the Malivian economy and further the cause of fair trade, the government should be able impose light tariffs on certain imports. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:47:13, September 17, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | which ones and how much. I am not necessarily against it, but what I would rather see is our trading treaty expanded, and for those not covered by that either a ban on goods produced in countries with unfair labor practices or a heavy tariff on these materials its level set at high enough that the companies gain nothing by producing in those countries. |
| Date | 03:17:11, September 18, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | This is a good beginning. |
| Date | 13:47:27, September 18, 2005 CET | From | United Labour Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | "Which ones and how much" is a matter for the finance minister. This is just to give him or her the economic tools they need. |
| Date | 14:59:30, September 18, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | We agree with PP on banning or heavily penalising imports from countries with unfair labour practices. |
| Date | 18:34:17, September 19, 2005 CET | From | United Labour Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | "This is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or embargo" There's your answer, and I agree. |
| Date | 21:27:51, September 19, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | s owe would support provided that wording to the effect of tarriffs only from nations and in goods engaged in unfair labor practices. And for those products produced in such a manner the tarriffs will be of least a level to negate the advantage of these method have over those used in our nation. Note we aren't saying they need to pay the same rate etc. just that they need to provide the same relative pay and promote safe conditions etc. we do not support protective tariffs, just fair trade. |
| Date | 19:10:48, September 23, 2005 CET | From | United Labour Party | To | Debating the Imports Act |
| Message | The finance minister chooses the tariffs, and that's you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 89 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
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