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Bill: Free Trade Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: January 2896
Description[?]:
| This Act will ensure free trade for the benefit of consumers. |
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 tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:24:05, February 17, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Free Trade Act |
| Message | The CLP who want to remove tariffs and quotas are supporting the huge corporations and leaving behind the small businesses of the people. We should protect the small businesses of the people. If there have to be imported goods the least that can be done is for the government to impose charges upon them to raise money |
| Date | 16:52:13, February 17, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Free Trade Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, we support not the huge corporations, but the consumers. The imposition of tariffs and quotas simply make goods more expensive and quality lower. This is not, Madam Speaker, what the man on the street wants. He wants competition that will drive up standards, he wants a free economy that will reduce prices, and he wants a good choice of produce. Madam Speaker, that is what this bill will achieve. |
| Date | 18:17:47, February 17, 2010 CET | From | Union of Radical Republicans (UM) | To | Debating the Free Trade Act |
| Message | Mme. Speaker, while we sympathize with the CLP's goals in this legislation, the current situation, with the obstructionist stances of the Satanic Empire (should we ever expect different?) and the Telamonese government, dictates we support the status quo. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 101 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 290 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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