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Bill: Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: August 2588
Description[?]:
| An act to abolish tariffs. |
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 imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:14:18, June 05, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | Tariffs simply make goods more expensive for Tukarali citizens. We must remove them. |
| Date | 18:01:17, June 06, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | No, current law stimulates free trade |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 146 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 354 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency." - Eugene McCarthy |