"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Tsunami-struck Thailand has been told by the European Commission that it
must buy six A380 Airbus aircraft if it wants to escape the tariffs
against
its fishing industry.

While millions of Europeans are sending aid to Thailand to help its
recovery, trade authorities in Brussels are demanding that Thai Airlines,
its national carrier, pays £1.3 billion to buy its double-decker
aircraft."


Yah, talk about bad timing, huh? We're hardly on the side of the angels in
this, though. We have a 97% tariff on Thai prawns and pretty wicked stuff on
Sri Lankan textiles and such as well. Would that we spent some of the money
on education or development so that people in South Carolina and Louisiana
could get jobs above third-world level.

-cwk.