[Mikitivity]

Alcohol Tariff Reductions
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Mikitivity

Description:
The NationStates United Nations,

AWARE that in some societies that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal or heavily regulated;

NOTING that other societies allow the consumption of alcohol, but place heavy tariffs on imported alcoholic beverages, citing both quality of imported products and domestic based economic impacts;

CONVINCED that protective tariffs based solely on protecting and stimulating domestic economies can in fact be detrimental to a free economy;

1. RECOGNIZES the right of UN members in which the actual consumption of alcohol is highly regulated to maintain their restrictions on the import of foreign alcohol, provided that these members also do not engage in exporting their own domestically produced alcoholic beverages into other UN member states;

2. DEFINES a protective alcohol tariff to be any additional tax or charge placed on a similar type of non-domestically produced (i.e. imported) alcohol beverage;

3. ACKNOWLEDGES the sovereign right of nations to equally tax similar alcoholic beverage, both domestic and non-domestic, bearing the condition that the exporting nation is a UN member;

4. ENCOURAGES nations to drop any protective alcohol tariffs and to freely engage in the global marketing, exporting, and importing of alcoholic beverages;

5. DESIGNATES any nation that has dropped all of its protective alcohol beverage tariffs on UN member imports as being in compliance with this accord;

6. AUTHORIZES any compliant nation to enact specific protective tariffs in response to tariffs placed on its alcoholic beverage exports by individual nations, provided that these protective tariffs are limited to only similar alcoholic beverages coming from a nation which first enacted protective tariffs against the compliant nation's exports and that these protective tariffs are approximately equal in net magnitude and / or economic cost; and

7. RECOMMENDS that exported alcoholic beverages should list all of their ingredients and alcohol content so that the importing nations may assess both the purity and similarity of the exports.

Approvals: 27 (Yelda, Icycomb, David6, Jey, WZ Forums, Flibbleites, -Belka, Tellarites, East Hylia, Dannoville, Gallantaria, Bivland, Capitalist Haven, Derbb, Ellenburg, The Alleghenies, Arturo the beaner, The Liberation Armies, Digitaldossier, Deutscher Geist, The 42, D a w s o n, Master Revan, Knothole Forest, Delanith, Theodocia, Roman Restoration)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 84 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 20 2007

[Mikitivity]

This proposal is something I've casually been submitted to the proposal queue for about 2.5 years now. It isn't anything I'm planning to actively campaign for until such a time that it begins to pick up some interest on its own.

That said, I'm *always* willing to refine and amend this idea.

[Mikitivity]

The NationStates United Nations,

AWARE that in some societies that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal or heavily regulated;

NOTING that other societies allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages, but place heavy tariffs on imported alcoholic beverages, citing both quality of imported products and domestic based economic impacts;

CONVINCED that protective tariffs based solely on protecting and stimulating domestic economies can be detrimental to a free economy;

1. RECOGNIZES the right of UN members in which the actual consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal or heavily regulated to maintain their restrictions on the import of foreign alcohol, provided that these members also do not engage in exporting their own domestically produced alcoholic beverages into other UN member states;

2. DEFINES a protective alcoholic beverages tariff to be any additional tax or charge placed on a similar type of non-domestically produced (i.e. imported) alcohol beverage;

3. ACKNOWLEDGES the sovereign right of nations to equally tax similar alcoholic beverage, both domestic and non-domestic, bearing the condition that the exporting nation is a UN member;

4. ENCOURAGES nations to drop any protective alcohol tariffs on UN members and to freely engage in the global marketing, exporting, and importing of alcoholic beverages;

5. DESIGNATES any nation that has dropped all of its protective alcohol beverage tariffs on UN member imports as being in full compliance with this accord;

6. AUTHORIZES nations to enact nation specific protective tariffs in response to tariffs placed on their alcoholic beverage exports into other nations, provided that these protective tariffs are limited to only similar alcoholic beverages and are approximately equal in net magnitude or economic cost; and

7. RECOMMENDS that exported alcoholic beverages should list all of their ingredients and alcohol content so that the importing nations may assess both the purity and similarity of the exports.

Approvals: 22 (WZ Forums, Alecon, Yelda, Wiwolandia, Bivland, Flibbleites, Digitaldossier, NorthSouthLand, Scoopy, Graalium, Valcoma, Kerimaki Cowboys, Esperantania, Jey, Arturo the beaner, Icycomb, Sejosk, Volkersland, Mauritsland, TheHitman, Baxter Peabody, Capitalist Haven)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 88 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 27 2007

[Bears Armed]

(If I still controlled a regional delegate then I'd have added my approval... again.)

[Mikitivity]

Cool! I'll likely be resubmitting it late today. I have a metric ton of errands to take care of today: car repairs, post office, bank, donation of old stuff to thrift store, a few open houses (I got a promotion at work and am now looking for a house), and a trip to the dump! *whew*

[Mikitivity]

The NationStates United Nations,

AWARE that in some societies that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal or heavily regulated;

NOTING that other societies allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages, but place heavy tariffs on imported alcoholic beverages, citing both quality of imported products and domestic based economic impacts;

CONVINCED that protective tariffs based solely on protecting and stimulating domestic economies can be detrimental to economic growth;

1. RECOGNIZES the right of UN members in which the actual consumption of alcoholic beverages is illegal or heavily regulated to maintain their restrictions on the import of foreign alcohol, provided that these members also do not engage in exporting their own domestically produced alcoholic beverages into other UN member states;

2. DEFINES a protective alcoholic beverages tariff to be any additional tax or charge placed on a similar type of non-domestically produced (i.e. imported) alcohol beverage;

3. ACKNOWLEDGES the sovereign right of nations to equally tax similar alcoholic beverage, both domestic and non-domestic, bearing the condition that the exporting nation is a UN member;

4. ENCOURAGES nations to drop any protective alcohol tariffs on UN members and to freely engage in the global marketing, exporting, and importing of alcoholic beverages;

5. DESIGNATES any nation that has dropped all of its protective alcohol beverage tariffs on UN member imports as being in full compliance with this accord;

6. AUTHORIZES nations to enact nation specific protective tariffs in response to tariffs placed on their alcoholic beverage exports into other individual nations, provided that these protective tariffs are limited to only similar alcoholic beverages coming from these nations and are approximately equal in net magnitude or economic cost; and

7. RECOMMENDS that exported alcoholic beverages should list all of their ingredients and alcohol content so that the importing nations may assess both the purity and similarity of the exports.

[Mikitivity]

Approvals: 34 (Yelda, Kerimaki Cowboys, Icycomb, Wiwolandia, WZ Forums, Alecon, Esperantania, Jey, Scoopy, Absintheurs, Aredica, Flibbleites, OmniUltra PharmaCorp, Volkersland, Ellenburg, Spennys, Tywysogllewelyn, Remba, Capitalist Haven, The Teuton Immigrants, Borgui, Ohrder, Alamoet, Rubina, Allech-Atreus, The Daily Fix, Cynist, David6, Graalium, Lusapha, Leocardia, Gesing, Drysdale-Melbournia, Drek and Clank)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 77 more approvals)
Voting Ends: Tue Apr 3 2007

It actually made a small amount of progress this time.

[Mikitivity]

Approvals: 47 (Yelda, Kerimaki Cowboys, Icycomb, Wiwolandia, WZ Forums, Alecon, Esperantania, Jey, Scoopy, Aredica, Flibbleites, OmniUltra PharmaCorp, Volkersland, Ellenburg, Spennys, Tywysogllewelyn, Remba, Capitalist Haven, The Teuton Immigrants, Borgui, Ohrder, Alamoet, Rubina, Allech-Atreus, The Daily Fix, Cynist, David6, Graalium, Lusapha, Leocardia, Gesing, Drysdale-Melbournia, Drek and Clank, Baxter Peabody, Demorisia, Riddim, Umbershire, Gallantaria, Alecworld, LeeCurtin, Lesbiani, E F A, The Alleghenies, Huerndy, Pinko-Liberals, Blaze2000, Rogue pirate ninja)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 64 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Apr 3 2007

It will fail in to reach a quorum in the next few hours. I will look into some suggestions for changes Thursday night and retry again.

[Bears Armed]

Alas, my [other main] region's current delegate disapproves of alcohol...