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	<title>Comments on: Irony</title>
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		<title>By: Sam Buchanan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Buchanan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think hypocrisy is pretty much a given when governments discuss free trade, Jack.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think hypocrisy is pretty much a given when governments discuss free trade, Jack.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack5</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Russia and  are hypocrites. There are many ways of being protectionist.

For example, Russia forcing foreign investment partners to sell out, as in the oil development in Sakhalin. Russia in banning exports of logs (take our forestry products processed or not at all).

For example, China&#039;s manipulation of its exchange rate, keeping it fixed artificially low. That&#039;s a form of protectionism used earlier by Germany and Japan, and most successfully. China&#039;s extremely lax enforcement  of intellectual property rights is another form of protection -- we&#039;ll do as you like with your intellectual property, but we&#039;ll protect our intellectual property in your country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russia and  are hypocrites. There are many ways of being protectionist.</p>
<p>For example, Russia forcing foreign investment partners to sell out, as in the oil development in Sakhalin. Russia in banning exports of logs (take our forestry products processed or not at all).</p>
<p>For example, China&#8217;s manipulation of its exchange rate, keeping it fixed artificially low. That&#8217;s a form of protectionism used earlier by Germany and Japan, and most successfully. China&#8217;s extremely lax enforcement  of intellectual property rights is another form of protection &#8212; we&#8217;ll do as you like with your intellectual property, but we&#8217;ll protect our intellectual property in your country.</p>
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		<title>By: Manolo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to worry.  

After all, it&#039;s only a bit of infighting among socialist friends.  The Chinese and Russian&#039;s way of welcoming the Messiah Obama to their club.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to worry.  </p>
<p>After all, it&#8217;s only a bit of infighting among socialist friends.  The Chinese and Russian&#8217;s way of welcoming the Messiah Obama to their club.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Smaller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian Smaller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually I didn&#039;t notice that irony.  I was too shocked by the Great One doing a penitent &quot;I am so sorry&quot; bow to Emperor Akihito (and then getting his flunkies to try and spin it as just following protocol).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually I didn&#8217;t notice that irony.  I was too shocked by the Great One doing a penitent &#8220;I am so sorry&#8221; bow to Emperor Akihito (and then getting his flunkies to try and spin it as just following protocol).</p>
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		<title>By: billyborker</title>
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		<dc:creator>billyborker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where&#039;s the irony? The US has always been one of the world&#039;s most protectionist economies, rarely practicing what it preaches in &quot;free trade&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where&#8217;s the irony? The US has always been one of the world&#8217;s most protectionist economies, rarely practicing what it preaches in &#8220;free trade&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Go figure</title>
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		<dc:creator>Go figure</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, very ironic. And I&#039;m sure they have the same good intentions that the West did in spreading &quot;free trade&quot; in the first place. Live by the sword...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, very ironic. And I&#8217;m sure they have the same good intentions that the West did in spreading &#8220;free trade&#8221; in the first place. Live by the sword&#8230;</p>
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