Coin collectors across the U.S. are tired of being singled out with unilateral sanctions. The State Department's assault on our ability to collect coins is killing another American industry and leaving coin collectors in China and Europe to freely buy and sell. We've decided we aren't going to take it anymore. Join us in ending the State Department's assault on coin collecting.
But China is increasingly gaining free rein over certain industries because of the U.S.' aggressive regulatory stances. While government agencies in Washington increase surcharges and restrictions for U.S. consumers, their Chinese counterparts take advantage of the unilateral sanctions. President Obama should take action by telling his own U.S. State Department to stop its unilateral trade restrictions on American coin collectors. An entire industry of small business collectors is under assault and in danger of collapsing because these sanctions unfairly target Americans alone.
Looting has been a serious problem in the cradles of civilization for years, but reached a new level of crisis during the Iraq War, when items from thousands of years ago started disappearing at an alarming rate. Former Congressmen Phil English and James Leach rightfully introduced legislation to stop the importation of Iraqi goods without proper documentation. The need for emergency action even reached the White House, and the trade restrictions were put in place by executive order. But as the years have passed and the crisis faded, it has been subverted by Kouroupas to expand trade sanctions penalizing coin collector.
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