German owned Irish megastore bans Israeli potatoes

I would like to see them ban some Palestinian goods....oh wait they don't produce anything other than rockets. Irish Central

A leading food and retail megastore that operates in Ireland has stopped selling two lines of baby potatoes that are sourced fro Israel.

German owned megastore LIDL is one of Ireland's largest chain store's and they deny that the banning of Israeli products is politically motivated.

The Irish public have reacted angrily to the Israeli's illegal raid of the Gaza aid flotilla. Indeed many have began to boycott Israeli products and websites and leaflets are being distributed asking the public to avoid purchasing products that have a barcode number starting with the numbers 729 (denotes Israeli origin).

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US Congressman blocks sale of Chinese souvenirs

It's not much but it all count's , Rep , Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.) has blocked the selling of chinese "Crap" At the Capital visitor center !! Well done Mr. Brady !
Now just help stop the flood of Chinese crap Coming here at all !!!!

China news
Washington, Jan.23 : A member of the US House of Representatives, has stopped the sale of over 100,000 dollars worth of souvenirs at the new Capitol Visitor Center because they are made in China.

Representative Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.) doesn't want "Made in China" products sold there, Politico reports.

Brady, who chairs the House Administration Committee, said he has forbidden the CVC from selling plastic Statutes of Freedom and other knick-knacks from China because he feels "very strongly that souvenirs sold in House gift shops should be produced by U.S. companies."

An aide said the CVC is "exploring ways to recoup" the $104,000 it spent on the Chinese-made goods.

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The aide said the CVC had been assured that some of the products were made in the United States - and that it hopes to return those to the company from which they were purchased. Other items may be harder to unload, at least at the price the CVC paid for them, the aide acknowledged.

Brady is a long-standing critic of the People's Republic of China. He has offered statements in the Congressional Record praising Taiwan and has supported legislation allowing the president to place sanctions on foreign countries that sell arms to the Chinese military.

He imposed his ban after becoming chairman of the Administration panel, which oversees operations of everything on the House side of Capitol Hill - from the lights to the merchandise in the gift shops.

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Factory Slump Puts China on Verge of Recession

Ahhhh , How Awful!,China might have to Apply the brakes a little on their manufacturing Blitz that has taken JOB after JOB , from America !
I can't say that it bothers me one bit ,I personally have not had a job back home in almost a year due to China's "Cutting the throats of American Manufacturing" now more than ever Is a perfect time to NOT BUY CHINESE GOODS!!!!!Paybacks are a BITCH!!

China news
Anyone who was looking for China somehow miraculously to save the world economy is going to be terribly discouraged by the latest signs of a economic slowdown in the Middle Kingdom. The CLSA China Manufacturers Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed that factory activity contracted sharply during October, with the index falling to its lowest level since the surveys began in June 2004.

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Based on monthly questionnaires sent to 400 Chinese manufacturers asked to give month-on-month comparisons, the survey is widely considered one of the most robust leading indicators in China, where economic data are often suspect. The PMI is also important because manufacturing accounts for about 42% of China's gross domestic product. A rating of 50 is the cutoff for expansion/contraction. In October it registered 45.2, down from 47.7 in September. "Chinese manufacturers are seeing their order books cut, both at home and abroad, as the world economy falls into recession," Eric Fishwick, head of economic research at Hong Kong-based CLSA said with the release of the report. "The coming 12 months will be difficult for manufacturers, China included."

The growing signs of slowdown (BusinessWeek.com, 10/29/08) are manifold. In Guangdong province, traditionally the center of China's light industry, nearly half the toy manufacturers have gone out of business. Some have moved to cheaper locations inland, but others have disappeared altogether, often leaving workers with several weeks of unpaid wages. On Oct. 16, Hong Kong-owned Smart Union Toy left 6,000 workers in the southern city of Dongguan in the lurch after it closed without warning. The government may now have to compensate workers from Smart Union, which produced toys for Mattel (MAT) and Walt Disney (DIS), for unpaid wages.

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