You mean a bunch of threads that hadn't been updated since at least April?

:Dexactly these threads(grrr my ambassador had some instructions to update them)
I think the licence change is not good, I would prefer something like...each country to have different import taxes or even embargo for each importer.
So the importer applies for trade licence to the industry minister(or trade minister) and he takes the permission(or not) just like citizenships and being taxed of course. Some VBUX go to the ministry of industry and some are sink.
This could be also dynamic with each country to decide the fee within some limits, like between 0.5 and 4VBUX per 2 months.
OF COURSE with 10VBUX forever is the-most-simple-that-works solution, no doubt!