Norwegian Butter Shortage

[Duque de Bragança]

We should withhold American grain and starve the world until our demands our met.

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I'm surprised that the Kiwis ever bothered much with farm subsidies, they have a pretty strong comparative advantage in the sector. Though I dimly recall that they did have some pretty left wing and interfering governments back in the past 

[Admiral Yi]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

[Duque de Bragança]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

It can't be always 1982
Russia stepping in would be fun as well then.

[Viking]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

It can't be always 1982
Russia stepping in would be fun as well then.

The export taxes they have are part of a attempt to reduce the ammount of land under soy cultivation for export. So they tax the soy exports to keep beef production competetive.. this keeps argentine steak prices low and the voters happy... fucks up the economy, but keeps the locals happy...

[Duque de Bragança]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

It can't be always 1982
Russia stepping in would be fun as well then.

The export taxes they have are part of a attempt to reduce the ammount of land under soy cultivation for export. So they tax the soy exports to keep beef production competetive.. this keeps argentine steak prices low and the voters happy... fucks up the economy, but keeps the locals happy...

Yeah, I have heard of that. I was just making a reference to Carter's grain embargo, for Ide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_grain_embargo

Tangible effects of the embargo were negligible, with the Soviet Union simply acquiring grain from alternative sources in South America and Europe

ergo Argentina mostly for South America

[DGuller]

Yikes, I'm so glad I don't live in Norway.  Here we can be a stick of deep fried butter for just a couple of bucks.

[Ed Anger]

  Here we can be a stick of deep fried butter for just a couple of bucks.

lol

[Viking]

Yikes, I'm so glad I don't live in Norway.  Here we can be a stick of deep fried butter for just a couple of bucks.

usually it costs US$5, but the planners fucked up and the farmers don't like the plebs getting the idea that furriner butter isn't poisoned... so ...


Edit: I read DG's post as "Here we can buy a stick of butter for just a couple of bucks" and that is what I was replying to.

[Valdemar]

Yikes, I'm so glad I don't live in Norway.  Here we can be a stick of deep fried butter for just a couple of bucks.

So you get both Oil and Butter 

V

[Ideologue]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

It can't be always 1982
Russia stepping in would be fun as well then.

The export taxes they have are part of a attempt to reduce the ammount of land under soy cultivation for export. So they tax the soy exports to keep beef production competetive.. this keeps argentine steak prices low and the voters happy... fucks up the economy, but keeps the locals happy...

Yeah, I have heard of that. I was just making a reference to Carter's grain embargo, for Ide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_grain_embargo

Tangible effects of the embargo were negligible, with the Soviet Union simply acquiring grain from alternative sources in South America and Europe

ergo Argentina mostly for South America

Then we turn to my contingency plan.  Did you know our national inventory of Harpoon missiles numbers some 6000?

[Valmy]

Let them eat margarine!

[HVC]

Let them eat margarine!

made with canola . Fear not danes, canada will be your savior. and all it'll cost you is that island in the middle of nowhere you keep trying to claim as yours. damn dirty danes.

[Duque de Bragança]

Argentina indeed needs all the new markets it can get.

They don't want them.  They're taxing exports to keep the domestic price of food down.

It can't be always 1982
Russia stepping in would be fun as well then.

The export taxes they have are part of a attempt to reduce the ammount of land under soy cultivation for export. So they tax the soy exports to keep beef production competetive.. this keeps argentine steak prices low and the voters happy... fucks up the economy, but keeps the locals happy...

Yeah, I have heard of that. I was just making a reference to Carter's grain embargo, for Ide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_grain_embargo

Tangible effects of the embargo were negligible, with the Soviet Union simply acquiring grain from alternative sources in South America and Europe

ergo Argentina mostly for South America

Then we turn to my contingency plan.  Did you know our national inventory of Harpoon missiles numbers some 6000?

I hope they work better than the Exocets sold to Argentina.

[Liep]

made with canola . Fear not danes, canada will be your savior. and all it'll cost you is that island in the middle of nowhere you keep trying to claim as yours. damn dirty danes.

We have plenty of butter. In fact, we could easily fill that island up with lurpak.