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From: john@bby-bc.UUCP (john)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Atari fights back ! (so should you!)
Message-ID: <263@bby-bc.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 88 10:54:19 GMT
References: <1988Mar17.195328.12277@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <1127@ektools.UUCP>
Organization: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Summary: oh yes they did

In article <1127@ektools.UUCP>, john@ektools.UUCP (John H. Hall) writes:
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> >Since Japan stopped shipping (note: not dumping) ram to north america, the 
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> >US manufactures have been gouging the public.  I believe the only US 
> >DRAM manufactures of note are Motorola and Micron Tech.  Neither can meet demand
> > ...
> >Wasn't it these same companies that forced congress to stop japanese DRAM 
> >imports saying it would cripple the US high teck markets?  So to "save"
> >these two companies from financial ruin, all technology that uses DRAMs 
> >is being held ransom by the US semiconductor industry.
> > ...
> >Enough said.  Canada is pretty impotent when it comes to things like this so
> >its up to you in the US to put pressure on washington to change things.
> >I hope this happens soon!
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> This makes no sense at all to me.  Canada is an independent nation,
> and the US Congress has no authority to impose trade restrictions
> on all of "North America",

As I recall what they (Congress) did was to tell the Japanese that if they
wanted to keep selling stuff to the US then they had better start charging
more to all their customers (not just the US).  Wanting to keep the US
market the Japanese went along.  So while Congress may not have the legal
authority to impose trade restrictions between Japan and other countries
they certainly have the muscle to do so.

Also keep in mind the rising yen - again partly due to US pressure - which
makes everything from Japan more expensive.

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> Don't blame Uncle Sam for this one.
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 Why not?