New Posts For Thread: Garlic smuggling: an effect of EU anti-free trade policyhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policyWho would have thought that in a country which claims to be a member of various free trade associations that it was possible to be a garlic smuggler?A crime which is only possible in the first place because there is no import tarriff on ginger but thYep pretty much Bongo,But grow some garlic and the EU will give you an advantage over the Asian agri-person. That is what CAP is about. 50% of Nobel Peace Prize winners EU budget spent on agriculture. People die each year as a result of this policy.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527802257#527802257Yep pretty much Bongo,But grow some garlic and the EU will give you an advantage over the Asian agri-person. That is what CAP is about. 50% of Nobel Peace Prize winners EU budget spent on agriculture. People die each year as a result of this policy.Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:54:12 -0600There was a stripped-down computer developed in the UK a couple of years ago, the name escapes me. It was meant to be educational, to allow someone to understand chip-sets, machine code and the language of an operating system better. It turned out thhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527801725#527801725There was a stripped-down computer developed in the UK a couple of years ago, the name escapes me. It was meant to be educational, to allow someone to understand chip-sets, machine code and the language of an operating system better. It turned out thSun, 06 Jan 2013 10:36:14 -0600Ski - The EU don't claim to be a worldwide free-trade organisation.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527798211#527798211Ski - The EU don't claim to be a worldwide free-trade organisation.Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:47:55 -0600I read the above case a few days ago........how is it that they can stop ginger import but not the 'human import'https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527798145#527798145I read the above case a few days ago........how is it that they can stop ginger import but not the 'human import'Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:45:02 -0600The EU and politicians go on about free-trade, free-market................however none of them understand free-trade or market. In order to have free-market economy there should be no taxes on import. Companies should not be paying maternity leave, hhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527798103#527798103The EU and politicians go on about free-trade, free-market................however none of them understand free-trade or market. In order to have free-market economy there should be no taxes on import. Companies should not be paying maternity leave, hSun, 06 Jan 2013 08:43:34 -0600Oh mexico - don't go saying thatyou will have northern on here calling you a jackbooted nazi racist ha ha!!!I once grew garlic successfully when I lived in the south west - nice mild climate (walled garden) it did quite well but not as well as somehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527796891#527796891Oh mexico - don't go saying thatyou will have northern on here calling you a jackbooted nazi racist ha ha!!!I once grew garlic successfully when I lived in the south west - nice mild climate (walled garden) it did quite well but not as well as someSun, 06 Jan 2013 08:00:41 -0600Yep (sort of) bongo.Agriculture in the EU has a fair amount of protectionism through tariffs & spending tax payers money to subsidize production unhealthy food. It results in many thousands of deaths each year.Seems strange that ginger does not havehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527796627#527796627Yep (sort of) bongo.Agriculture in the EU has a fair amount of protectionism through tariffs & spending tax payers money to subsidize production unhealthy food. It results in many thousands of deaths each year.Seems strange that ginger does not haveSun, 06 Jan 2013 07:52:31 -0600Sounds like your saying Mexico that the EU is at least an honest organisation - free trade within the Zone - but a complex set of rules regarding trade with non-EU countries applies involving tarriffs on garlic but not on ginger, and no doubt all sorhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527796297#527796297Sounds like your saying Mexico that the EU is at least an honest organisation - free trade within the Zone - but a complex set of rules regarding trade with non-EU countries applies involving tarriffs on garlic but not on ginger, and no doubt all sorSun, 06 Jan 2013 07:43:14 -0600The EU have never claimed that you can import what ever you want from outside the EU without paying tax.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527794099#527794099The EU have never claimed that you can import what ever you want from outside the EU without paying tax.Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:09:36 -0600Who would have thought that in a country which claims to be a member of various free trade associations that it was possible to be a garlic smuggler?A crime which is only possible in the first place because there is no import tarriff on ginger but thhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29616107/garlic-smuggling-an-effect-of-eu-anti-free-trade-policy?post_id=527794023#527794023Who would have thought that in a country which claims to be a member of various free trade associations that it was possible to be a garlic smuggler?A crime which is only possible in the first place because there is no import tarriff on ginger but thSun, 06 Jan 2013 06:03:42 -0600