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Bill: Tariff + Quotas Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutorian Conservative 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: January 2939
Description[?]:
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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 allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
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 | 13:19:45, May 13, 2010 CET | From |  Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Tariff + Quotas Act. |
| Message | Peter McCullum MP, HNP Leader, Mr Speaker, this Act has been scaled back by the Hutori National Party who previously had wanted all International Trade banned. We are now insisting that the government should put tafiffs and quotas on products that are already created by Hutorian factories and Hutorian farming etc. Whilst we will still import foreign products, we should put products made in Hutori first! |
| Date | 13:27:55, May 13, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Tariff + Quotas Act. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, protectionism is not an answer. It leads our own industries into stagnation, makes prices higher for the consumer, leads to lower quality and lower competition. Furthermore, Mr Speaker, this sort of protectionism tends to affect poorer nations the most, keeping them in a poverty trap, unable to get out of it through trading with other nations. Mr Speaker, I urge all parties to vote against this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 111 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 220 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 60 |
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