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Bill: Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: October 2653
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 | 13:24:04, October 16, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | Protectionism is bad and gives us higher prices and inefficiencies. |
| Date | 23:18:25, October 16, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | opposed, current stimulates others to embrace free market |
| Date | 12:20:17, October 17, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Tukarali | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | Opposed, by allowing a nation to put a tariff on our goods while being freely able to export theirs to Tukarali would seriously harm domestic industry. Current laws are fair and safer for domestic industry. |
| Date | 12:39:48, October 17, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Trade (Tariffs) Abolition Act |
| Message | Six nations now have goods from them without tariffs, it's not going to make a huge difference. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 255 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 245 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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