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US Removes Piracy Sanctions From Ukraine

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the carrot-on-a-stick dept.

An anonymous reader writes The US has restored Ukraine to their preferred trade partner status after requiring the country to crack down on piracy. The United States had also imposed 100-percent import duties on $75 million worth of Ukrainian exports since 2002." From the article: "Concern over high piracy rates prompted the Bush administration to suspend Ukraine from the program in 2001. At that time, Ukraine was the largest producer and exporter of pirated CDs and DVDs in Europe, USTR said."

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  1. $75 million in trade over three years???? by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm surprised both of our economies didn't collapse. How could we do without the Ukraine?

  2. I had no idea . . . by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . Ukraine even had a significant maritime presence, much less was engaged in piracy.

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    1. Re:I had no idea . . . by ScriptedReplay · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yer better off not meetin'em Ukrainian pirates. It's the blackest of all seas they sail on, arrr ...

  3. Letter from Dubya by nodnarb1978 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mr. Viktory Yushchenkoff,

    You're welcome. May we have some nice light sweet crude and/or Liquified Natural Gas, please? If you can send us both, I can totally hook you up with some nice F-16 Fighting Falcons. Get back to me.

    Your pal, Dubya

    1. Re:Letter from Dubya by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
      May we have some nice light sweet crude and/or Liquified Natural Gas, please?

      Dear Mr George Georgovitch Bush,

      Sorry, but we're running rather low on natural gas ourselves at the moment. The Russians are hogging the whole supply and using the money to buy footballers. If you could help us out with the gas bill to Sibneft, though, we'd be happy to send some your way.

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      Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.