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Re:Norwegian butter crisis (2011) by trhway on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:48AM (#9575310)
what is wrong with smuggling? Especially with the kind of smuggling mentioned here? In that situation it was a very victimless crime and one can see how it was even beneficial to the public.
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Re:Norwegian butter crisis (2011) by lmz on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @06:01AM (#9575337)
Smugglers don't pay import tariffs. From the article:

> Shortages persisted as a result of high import tariffs on butter to protect the domestic dairy industry against foreign competition

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Re:Norwegian butter crisis (2011) by bmmayer1 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @10:54AM (#9576708)
Import tariffs are the crime, then, not the smuggling.
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