Proposal: 90-B International Trade Anti-Price Gouging
Purpose:
To prevent Yamatai’s populace and corporations from causing others abroad or their fellow plebeians or citizens to fall victim to unfair pricing of food, water, and medical supplies in the wake of the Battle of Yamatai and in future situations.
Proposal:
It shall be a violation of Imperial law for a person or corporation within Yamatai’s legal jurisdiction to raise their prices on food, water, and medical supplies to other individuals, corporations, or nations from the prewar level by more than 25% (adjusted for changes to the values of the currencies involved) plus reasonable transport costs if shouldered by said entity, and shall be punishable by a fine no less than the amount of money earned in violation of the law, and may include the revoking of permits required for the sale of goods and/or permits required for import/export of goods.
It shall also be a violation of Imperial law for a person or corporation within Yamatai’s legal jurisdiction (hereafter referred to as the Distributor) to resell imported food, water, and medical supplies at prices more than 25% that of the prewar cost of the item or a comparable domestic equivalent, whichever is lesser in cost, adjusted for changes to the values of the currencies involved and transport costs if shouldered by the seller; and shall be punishable by a fine. It will be the responsibility of the seller to do proper research on their wares. This is punishable by no less than the amount of money earned in violation of the law, and may include the revoking of permits required for the sale of goods and/or permits required for import/export of goods.
Exceptions may be given on a case-by-case basis by a court or obtained beforehand from a court, which may include:
- Damage or destruction of manufacturing or growing facilities of the manufacturer directly impacting cost of production and requiring a proportional price increase
- Other unavoidable costs such as an increase in transport price which must be proportionally reflected in final price
- Changes in the value of the Kikyou Satsu (KS), other involved currencies, and/or their exchange rate
- A shortage of other fairly priced domestic and imported goods caused by an acceptable reason rather than by bad business practices
Those entities which request an exception to or are under investigation for violations of this law must submit to an extensive audit by one or more applicable Government Organizations
Those entities which have been found in violation of this law without just cause or are actively on a pre-submitted exception must submit to two yearly audits -- one scheduled annually and one yearly surprise audit on any date without notice.