Several bills have been introduced into the General Assembly that would weaken the stranglehold that the three-tier alcohol distribution system has on wine sales to Marylanders. The bills would allow direct shipment of wine to Marylanders to varying degrees. We support allowing direct shipment of wine to Maryland consumers. One vestige of Prohibition and its repeal by the Twenty-First Amendment is the "three-tier distribution system" for the sale of alcoholic beverages. Producers must sell their wares to wholesalers who then resell them to bars, restaurants and retailers who then resell them to the consuming public. Producers cannot sell directly to the public. It is a felony under Maryland law for out-of-state producers or retailers to ship alcohol directly to Maryland residents. Durin...
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To understand how Theisen Battery and Electric Co. flourished and grew into a chain of 17 stores with its own distribution company, one must understand something about the fair-trade laws of days gone by, said Jim Theisen, president, of Theisen Supply Inc. If a store bought something, such as a Hamilton-Beach electric mixer, it had to ask the same price for it as any other store that sold it," Theisen said. But the rule applied only to selling to regular consumers. If the buyer owned a "fleet" of five or more gas- powered vehicles, one could sell the product at a discount. Most farmers owned "fleets," which might have consisted of a few tractors, a pickup truck and even a lawn mower. Therefore, Theisen's parents, Leo and Kathryn, decided to operate as a fleet business.
HONG KONG, Dec. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Committee to Support the U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL) called today for an aggressive defense of U.S. fair trade laws at the World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong this week in light of yesterday's record trade deficit announcement. Setting an all-time high, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced yesterday that the U.S. trade deficit for October 2005 reached a record $68.9 billion. The U.S. bilateral trade deficit with China widened to a record $20.5 billion for the month.
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WASHINGTON, April 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, President Bush will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House to discuss a number of issues. Since taking office in 2001, President Bush's policy toward China has been a failure on the economic front. In that time, America's trade deficit with China has ballooned to $200 billion, the largest bilateral trade deficit in American history. Bush's Treasury Department has failed to fight China's currency manipulation, and because of Washington Republicans' reckless fiscal policies, China is now the second largest holder of U.S. debt, with more than $260 billion in U.S. Treasury securities. President Bush has also failed to enforce fair trade laws, putting American firms and workers at an unfair disadvantage. Amid the pomp and circ...
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