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» In defence of straw   2003-10-23 15:27 24601

In defence of strawman (even though I think Joseph is more right) it is true that Australian's would receive their tools for slightly less under an FTA in your example. Also, the lost tariff revenue goes both to Australian consumers and American producers... so it is still partially a tax cut.