Jon, I agree with you. The USA is pretty good about open markets. Esp
as compared with the EEC and Japan, just to pick 2 examples. It's
really US agriculture that shows up as protectionist. We pretty much
stopped doing it a long time ago as it distorts the market and the
consumer or general taxpayer picks up the tab. Fine if you can afford
it. One of these days the CAP is really going to cause the EEC some
grief, it already costs a fortune and is rife with corruption.

PDW

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Peter, compared to many (perhaps even most) other countries, we have far
more open markets. Sure, we're not perfect, especially given the current
administration, but we're not that bad either.