AUSFTA? A Free Trade agreement with the United States of America?? If it's not too late, beg, plead, bargain, coerce, bribe, or threaten your government to NOT go into a "free trade" agreement with the U.S.
Every country that negotiated "free trade" with America has gotten screwed. Royally. And I'm not just referred to the stupid little things like this modchip stuff. We're talking epic-sized backstabbings that result in entire industries suffering and problems for the entire population. The US does not play by the rules that are laid out by free trade.
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Free Trade When ConvenientYou made up a new account for that load of BS. Why not use your original account? Afraid someone might read past posts and deem you uninformed? If you Canadians are so worried that you're getting screwed, then sell your lumber to someone else. It's not our fault that a bulk of your economy revolves around logging. We U.S. citizens would rather see a town in canada go bankrupt, before one in the U.S. ever would. A typical greedy businessman would buy the cheaper lumber to make his own profits go higher at the expense of his neighbor losing his job. The U.S. will level the playing field to keep jobs and profits in the U.S. rather than Canada. Your arguments will go a lot further if you quote an actual news site instead of a one-sided political banter website.
Who are you kidding, you don't give a shit about U.S. citizens, the same way we don't give a shit abou you.