nom=de=plume wrote:
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:11:02 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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we need to stop trying to
compete on price alone

With commodity type products, particularly consumer goods, price is
always the top priority.


I don't think we should be in the business of producing commodity-type
products, since you're right... it's a price game.


Yet we are. Many commodities are better suited for local distribution
due to the savings in ocean freight and import duties. Forest products
like lumber, plywood, copy paper, toilet paper, etc. are one example.
The trade deficit has more to do with electronics, cars and trucks,
appliances, etc.