Protectionism is not the right way to go - Yofi Grant

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• Fake President 8 years ago

  If China did not protect their own businesses they won't be anywhere near great today!!

  If China did not protect their own businesses they won't be anywhere near great today!!

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• Jonas. 8 years ago

  Ghanaians in other parts of the world do buy and sell,why restrict others.Adum in Kumasi was the most cosmopolitan business center in West Africa.Syrians, Lebanese, Malians,Nigerians,Indians, British and Ghanaians were both t ...
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  Ghanaians in other parts of the world do buy and sell,why restrict others.Adum in Kumasi was the most cosmopolitan business center in West Africa.Syrians, Lebanese, Malians,Nigerians,Indians, British and Ghanaians were both trading there, paying taxes to the city council to improve the physical appearance of the city.Now you will be shock to see what Adum looks like today.because trading was restricted to only Ghanaians.Mr.Yoofi you are a visionary change that primitive law.

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• Yaw Yeboah 8 years ago

  It is in the interests of all countries to ensure that what they Export, is more than what is imported. Otherwise, there will be a deficit in revenue. Ghana trades with a number of countries but
  exports less to our partn ...
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  It is in the interests of all countries to ensure that what they Export, is more than what is imported. Otherwise, there will be a deficit in revenue. Ghana trades with a number of countries but
  exports less to our partners & imports more. President Trump, has vowed to change existing trade deals which he feels disadvantages the U.S.A. Ghana will never progress if it keeps on signing trade deals that benefit others & disadvantages us.

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• Selorm 8 years ago

  Do you think we have the resources to compete with foreign investors who earn much higher and have valued currency than us. Before we realise they would have bought the whole country and we will be slaves on our own land. I b ...
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  Do you think we have the resources to compete with foreign investors who earn much higher and have valued currency than us. Before we realise they would have bought the whole country and we will be slaves on our own land. I bet you this guy has a another passport to another country. He is bent on selling the country

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• lankwei 8 years ago

  Spot on.

  Spot on.

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• lankwei 8 years ago

  We do NOT need laissez faire in this country. Foreign investments must be targeted and inure to the real benefit to the Ghanaian labour force. Reducing the bar for rapacious investors should not be allowed.
  Why do leeches ge ...
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  We do NOT need laissez faire in this country. Foreign investments must be targeted and inure to the real benefit to the Ghanaian labour force. Reducing the bar for rapacious investors should not be allowed.
  Why do leeches get Land Cruisers instead of those Kantanka models?
  
  Those who spurn the local products should not be pontificating on foreign investors.
  When Hyundai started manufacturing cars, those early model were subjected to scorn! Today nobody is laughing!!

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• Selorm 8 years ago

  You talk of 'reducing the bar should not be allowed'. Is that also another form of protectionism? Foreign mining companies were given licenses to explore for gold on 25 acre land before we realised they were mining the whole ...
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  You talk of 'reducing the bar should not be allowed'. Is that also another form of protectionism? Foreign mining companies were given licenses to explore for gold on 25 acre land before we realised they were mining the whole country and deep in forest reserves and we can't curb them. How do a country of such calibre further open flood gates. You guys have your families up there and are bent on selling Ghana. Great economies like US, EU practice some sort of protectionism. How much more a small developing economy. Why were the npp crying in opposition for mills and mahama not to agree with EU trade deal with African countries because we did not have the competitive power. Now l see Npp was just lieing their way to power. Totally disappointed.

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• Fools Police 8 years ago

  I am tempted to call you a big fool but I won't. As much as I do not belong to your political party, I admire your character. However, you cannot expect a poor country like ghana which is disadvantaged in so many ways to comp ...
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  I am tempted to call you a big fool but I won't. As much as I do not belong to your political party, I admire your character. However, you cannot expect a poor country like ghana which is disadvantaged in so many ways to compete with economic giants. Did you think about what came out of your mouth? Please come again

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• Agbo 8 years ago

  Akuffo Addo must sack this guy. He is a traitor. Instead if trying to help Ghanaians to raise capital and investing in their own economy so we become independent as a people. He is advocating for us to sell ourselves to fore ...
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  Akuffo Addo must sack this guy. He is a traitor. Instead if trying to help Ghanaians to raise capital and investing in their own economy so we become independent as a people. He is advocating for us to sell ourselves to foreigners. This is either laziness or incompetence. If this is what he can offer.. Then l think l van do his job better.

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• Ray Alan, bully rogue liar attorney 8 years ago

  Any investor that cannot meet the capital requirements is not an investor but a parasite. We must assess also the capital outflow when talking about FDI. Removal of the restriction will lure in rogue investors and people like ...
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  Any investor that cannot meet the capital requirements is not an investor but a parasite. We must assess also the capital outflow when talking about FDI. Removal of the restriction will lure in rogue investors and people like Jay Ray Ram Rogue Attorney of Boston

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• Akos 8 years ago

  We have to protect our people even animals do that. From today Ghanaians first

  We have to protect our people even animals do that. From today Ghanaians first

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