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Originally Posted by Luke Plaizier
, and/or Australia doesn't force companies of imported goods to abide by Award Wage law, then yeah, raising Tariffs is the way to go.
Lukeyson
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pfft. australian's are too 'weak' to try that on. i mean, shouldn't we be pushing thailand around, rather than the opposite? Remember the North-American Air debacle a few years ago? (they increased number of flights, so aust threatened tariffs on flights, so they threatened something unrelated. wheat i think)
The primary reason for tariffs other than protectionism was the second world war made us realise we were too dependent on overseas countries for manufacturing when suddenly worldwide shipping stopped. The govt decided to push for local manufacturing, including a car industry.