US Removes Piracy Sanctions From Ukraine

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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Insightful??!! Mods on Crack Again

[Anonymous Coward]

I know the slashdot crowd is mostly composed of left leaning anti-US moonbats, but this comment being modded up is ridiculous.

There is no credible evidence that the Yushenko was a puppet of the US in any way. Would you like to substantiate that vicious accusation with proof? On the other hand, Yushenko's opponent was a known Russian puppet with Russia trying to steal the election in broad daylight until the people stood up to this.

Re:Insightful??!! Mods on Crack Again

[CRCulver]

I'm in no way a left-leaning moonbat. In fact, I'm afraid for Ukraine because I think that the influence of the Orthodox Church will be too eroded if Ukraine aligns with the West. That probably puts me somewhere on the right.

Re:New relationship because of the elections

[Alex Belits]

"Occupation"? So this is how US propaganda works -- if it worked for Baltic states with their neo-Nazi (literally!) governments, they will try to tell Ukrainians that Ukraine was "occupied" by Russia, and see if this bullshit will stick?

I recommend US politicians to stick with their strong positions in countries-sycophants such as Poland. Oh, and they can ask Ukraine if it will sell them Lviv (Ukrainian Nationalists central and a constant source of embarrassment) -- apparently US needs it more than Ukraine does.

Re:Letter from Dubya

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

What part of this is funny? This is how countries work. This is how countries have always worked. For example, it's no coincidence that the last years of the US Great Depression were shortly before it entered World War II; we needed raw materials, they needed arms, so we set up a similar trade.

Just because it's oil, jets, and hegemony instead of iron, cotton, and slaves doesn't make a difference.

For all the USA citizens...

[Anonymous Coward]

...who do not understand why your government is perceived as bullies and resented so much, this is a good example. Another country is not doing what corporate America^W^Wthe USA government wants, and so they use the full force of government power to forbid you, the millions of USA citizens, from trading with anybody from that country, to the economic detriment of that country.

I'm curious. What part of that is right and proper?