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Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:41:20 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <DNBNPRIME@HOTMAIL.ihatespamCOM>
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Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message
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> I was always under the impression that a lot of European and other parts • of the
> world countries had very high tariffs as well. We have NAFTA (North • American
> Free trade Agreement) here that reduced a lot of the taxes, etc. between • the US,
> Mexico, and Canada. The disagreement, especially nowadays, is that US • tariffs
> are extremely low to most products/imports compared to the rest of the • world.
> The US is very dependent on imports, anything from video games to • electronics to
> Lego products to clothes, etc. A big player on this is China.
NAFTA does only apply to the US, Canada and Mexico though...
And it is fairly recent. Who knows what the situation was 30 years ago when
Lego was making these decisions.
Also, the US does still impose substantial import tariffs when it suits
them, up to 100% of the cost of the product. (Read this to mean when
someone has pissed them off or imposed high tarriffs on US exports)
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| (...) I know, I was just trying to supplement tariffs and the like. I would have to look at the 50-60's taxes, import, etc. to see for sure, but it most cases, it is usually better for the company in question to have a US division, to get around all (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I was always under the impression that a lot of European and other parts of the world countries had very high tariffs as well. We have NAFTA (North American Free trade Agreement) here that reduced a lot of the taxes, etc. between the US, Mexico, and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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