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Bill: Free Trade Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic 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: November 3150
Description[?]:
| This Bill shall promote healthy trading relationships with countries who impose no tariffs upon our goods entering their country. We will, however, continue to place tariffs upon goods from countries who see fit to distort the price of our goods. |
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 allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Current: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Proposed: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:30:25, July 11, 2011 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We could support a reform allowing for tariffs in certain areas. I yield. |
| Date | 20:28:13, July 11, 2011 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We feel that this is as much as we can compromise. I yield. |
| Date | 10:45:12, July 13, 2011 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We unfortunately cannot support this bill. We feel we must maintain the ability to protect key Luthorian industries from exterior competition. I yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 113 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 88 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else." - Governor Jesse Ventura |