Neo-Chicago wrote:OOC: No, the committee is punishing people for exploiting resources needed by poorer countries. Plus, the gnomes could agree with you? Who knows? You don't know what's going to sway these votes.
Clover spoke up "Yet you would deny these poorer countries the ability to undercut pricing and sell their products and resources, potentially improving their economic position? If a nation is poor, it is because they choose a poor path, usually involving socialism in some way, instead of building a strong economy first. Prices of resources are not the issue. I also note, as committees are slow to act and universal, it will make non-member nations infinitely more competitive on the world markets by easily undercutting the one-price WA. Our imports will skyrocket, our exports will stall completely.
You claim this does one thing, yet has far more unintended consequences you are ignoring or refusing to acknowledge. One shows inexperience, one shows deception or outright ignorance. Assuming the first is true, I would suggest that the nameless ambassador from Neo-Chicago may benefit from sitting in as an observer and participating in some debates before attempting to write international legislation. .