[Stephan Whelan]

NorthDiver,

This whole episode seems to be blowing over - threats had been made towards us and they seem to have been discussed and diffused, but we're not out of the woods just yet.

However, in an ideal world Free Trade works - however the threat to us was of a more sinister kind. Reports were that US based businesses were going to start putting pressure on the Manufacturers (most of the Manufacturers are based in Europe). However, I hope that they all have realised that there is likely to be enough room in the marketplace for us...

My point to most of the US based businesses is that if Deeper Blue and DiveInn hadn't taken this step together, then someone else would have and we're a lot friendlier to deal with than some of the others.