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Bill: Free Trade Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Nacional
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: January 4283
Description[?]:
| We propose that Tukarali embraces free trade and encourages increased economic cooperation with the rest of Terra. The unilateral introduction of tariffs is not good for our trade or for our reputation and relationships with other nations. |
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 tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
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 | 03:15:22, September 30, 2017 CET | From | Movimento Força Popular | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | we agree |
| Date | 09:50:17, September 30, 2017 CET | From | Partido da República | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | OOC: This is yet another PN sympathiser that's been drafted in, right? |
| Date | 10:23:09, September 30, 2017 CET | From | Wall Partido Comunista | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Yes |
| Date | 10:29:05, September 30, 2017 CET | From | movimento social nacional de Tukarali | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | obviously a huge dissagreement, this will destroy our national independence |
| Date | 09:46:40, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | We accept the opposition of our government partners and sadly coalition members occasionally have to disagree on certain matters. Are the PV and UDT in favour of increased trade with other nations or do they prefer the current protectionist trade policies that offer protection to Tukarali workers in some areas but naturally lead to increased prices for consumers in those same areas? |
| Date | 12:30:44, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido da República | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Tukarese industries, businesses and workers need more protections, not less. We oppose free trade. PV stands for fair trade. |
| Date | 16:18:50, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | And the PV stands for more expensive food for the workers! |
| Date | 16:30:36, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido da República | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | How is food shipped in from abroad cheaper than food produced here in Tukarali? |
| Date | 16:32:50, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Not all foodstuffs will be cheaper, but some will be. It depends on whether or not we're a wealthy country or a poor country, but the whole idea of tariffs is to protect domestic products against cheaper imports, the logic of which is that the workers will have to spend more money on buying goods that could be potentially cheaper if imported from abroad. That is what protectionism and tariffs achieve. |
| Date | 16:34:44, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido da República | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Why will some imported foods be cheaper? |
| Date | 16:44:14, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | So the nature of economic production is that costs of labour, the extraction of raw materials, the manufacture process, packaging, transportation etc will vary from country to country producing varied finals costs of goods, such as food or high end product. In addition to this each nation will typically have a comparative advantage in certain goods, for example they might be lead oil producers, or produce the cheapest beef, or most grain etc etc. Now unless you're going to argue that Tukarali has managed to produce the lowest cost of every single product imaginable as well as having a comparative advantage in very good imaginable, it is more than likely that many goods will be cheaper to import from abroad than to produce in this country. The very nature of tariffs is that they are put in place to protect against cheaper foreign competition, for good reasons to protect domestic jobs and raise funds for government, but the knock on impact of this is that prices for certain products will be higher. |
| Date | 17:54:55, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido da República | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | Exactly, you refer to labour costs and cheaper labour abroad means that workers are being exploited and we completely oppose that, regardless of where they are from. We should give priority and protection to Tukarese goods and workers and we should not be exploiting people abroad either. |
| Date | 21:26:41, October 04, 2017 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
| Message | What? Unless you're asserting that Tukarali is the wealthiest country in the world how can you suggest that everyone else has cheaper labour? Protectionism means more expensive food and goods, there is no way that Tukarali can produce everything for itself, we should focus on what we're good at and important goods from other nations to cover what we're not good at. Introducing tariffs simply hurts Tukarali consumers and props up unprofitable industries. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 68 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 59 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 48 |
| Random fact: Hundreds of vessels were lost while traversing the cold waters of the Sea of Lost Souls. It is located between Seleya and Majatra. |
| Random quote: "I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me." - Langston Hughes, The Black Man Speaks |