Call for changes in US export controls
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-15 07:57
On Feb 10, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled "Aerospace report hits rules", calling for changes in US export controls. Full texts below:
Satellite makers and their suppliers are stepping up demands for changes to US export controls, painting in stark economic terms the impact of what they insist are regulations curbing their ability to compete for commercial orders against European and other foreign satellite makers.
On Tuesday, industry trade group Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) will release details of a report concluding that US export controls on commercial satellites may have cost up to 27,000 American jobs and $21 billion in lost sales for aerospace companies since the late 1990s.
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