EU Tariffs on US Biodiesel

retmil46 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:34 am

Perhaps "splash and dash" is coming to an end -

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_ ... us_biofuel

moto-scoot · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:34 pm

About time!
I cant even buy bio in my neck of woods.

geordi · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:51 pm

It's ABOUT FRIGGING TIME!!!!!!

Now the question is... If other countries get to apply tariffs to US products, WHY can't the USA apply tariffs to imported goods so the USA-made goods are more acceptable?

I'll say this much: I have NEVER bought a product that was MADE IN THE USA that did not EXCEED it's intended durability. I'm hard on my tools, I ask a lot of my gear b/c I do a lot of different work. I buy stuff that is specifically "Heavy Duty" whenever possible, for that very reason. Home-grade isn't anywhere near good enough for me, I'll see the tool fail in the first job. Perfect example is the RotoZip. Good idea, I had three of them fail on me before I got a Dewalt version that is still cranking hard.

The cost difference should NOT be allowed to continue, it is flooding our market with cheap CRAP in every area, and stealing jobs that AMERICANS ARE BETTER AT.

truckbouy2 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:06 pm

Oh oh....I see the topic lock being lubed up again. I hope the forum cops are using an american based tariff free lubricant...... :lol:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:07 pm

geordi wrote:

..............WHY can't the USA apply tariffs to imported goods so the USA-made goods are more acceptable?

I have some canadian friends that would like to talk to you about softwood lumber tariffs.

geordi · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:03 am

Yea, well if we didn't have all those danged Canucks hopping the border to steal our jobs and better beer...

:lol:

Oh wait - They have plenty of jobs and a better economy up there, and THEY have the good beer!

You know what I mean Sam. The job-stealing isn't coming from 1st-world countries, its coming from countries where they don't follow worker safety or environmental requirements. Add to that, our "American" companies STEALING the taxpayer's incentives here, then selling the biofuels that were SUPPOSED to go to the USA citizens to Europe at higher prices... AND if I remember correctly, they were getting tax incentives on the Euro side too.

Yea, they weren't pillaging our country. Not in the least.

retmil46 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:31 am

My only comment is that it's sad we had to wait for the European Union to do something about the situation, instead of our own government - especially since it was our own haphazard policies regarding biodiesel that caused this.

nescosmo · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:17 pm **Posts:** 202

retmil46 wrote:

My only comment is that it's sad we had to wait for the European Union to do something about the situation, instead of our own government - especially since it was our own haphazard policies regarding biodiesel that caused this.

are you guys blind EU has been paying the congress all this time to turn their head arround. As the old saying --- can'nt see it over my house---

nescosmo · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:17 pm **Posts:** 202

retmil46 wrote:

My only comment is that it's sad we had to wait for the European Union to do something about the situation, instead of our own government - especially since it was our own haphazard policies regarding biodiesel that caused this.

are you guys blind EU has been paying the congress all this time to turn their head arround. As the old saying --- can'nt see it over my house---

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:08 am

Last I knew, the US was still sending boat loads of #2 ULSD to Europe because we can make it cheaper than they can………………. #2 Diesel in the US is coming down in price because the European supply is back to normal.

EU Tariffs on US Biodiesel

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