Is Extortion the Main Purpose of Antidumping Law?

February 4, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Bedroom on February 5, 2013 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/danikenson/2013/02/04/tomatoes-furniture-and-shrimp-is-extortion-the-main-purpose-of-the-antidumping-law/

An entrepreneurial politician is someone who, despite the public's demand for greater accountability and transparency, persists in exploiting hidden channels to dole out pork and subsidies to favored constituents. That many politicians aspire to this status explains the enduring popularity of the U.S. antidumping law in Washington.

Sold by its supporters through an unquestioning media to a gullible public as a tool necessary to protect upstanding American producers and their workers from the ravages of predatory foreigners hell-bent on stealing the U.S. market, the antidumping law escapes the scrutiny it deserves.

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