Bush seeks to give Eastern Europe, Soviets expanded access to Western technology

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George Bush is proposing an easing on export controls for high-technology products, such as microcomputers, mainframe computers and telecommunication equipment, to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The proposed changes include the elimination of licensing requirements for United States exports valued at billions of dollars annually and will ease controls on 40 of 120 product categories that are currently under restrictions. Some of the products to be lifted from restrictions includes the IBM 4381 MG24, DEC Vax 800, Control Data Cyber 910, fiber optic circuits capable of 156Mbytes and some microwave transmission systems. Member nations of the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls (Cocom), which will review Bush's proposal in Jun 1990, are expected to argue that the changes do not go far enough.

Communications Equipment, Microcomputers, Telecommunications equipment, Eastern Europe, Political aspects, International relations, United States foreign relations, Mainframe computers, Soviet foreign relations, International trade regulation, Export controls, Activism, Political protest, Communist countries, Technology transfer, Microcomputer, Mainframe Computer, Telecommunications Industry, Political Issue, Foreign licensing agreements, Europe, Eastern

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U.S. adds laptop computers to listing of products that can be sold to Soviets

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The United States Department of Commerce has lifted export curbs to the Soviet Union and China for a wide class of desktop computers, including laptops and other portable computers, at the urging of United States allies. But the order carrying out the decision includes more powerful versions of IBM's PS/2 line than the original order called for. Defense Secretary Richard Cheney does not approve of the original decision, and the Pentagon does not want to comment on the latest ruling. The revisions are the result of a compromise among governments participating in the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls, or Cocom, the group through which the United States and 16 of its allies restricts trade in highly sensitive Western technology.

China, Product information, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Portable computers, United States. Department of Commerce, United States. Department of Defense, Laptop/Portable Computer

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Surge in Japanese competition expected as U.S. lifts tariff on laptop computers

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The Bush administration will seek to lift a trade sanction against Japan that makes it prohibitive for Japanese computer companies to export laptop computers into the US market. Industry analysts note that Bush is seeking to lift the 100 percent duty on laptop computers because Japan agreed to a new semiconductor accord. Some observers believe that the impact will not be significant initially. However, the threat from Japanese computer manufacturers to a US computer industry that is still trying to recover from a recession will eventually cause the US manufacturers to cut costs and prices on their products.

Economic aspects, Japan, Laws, regulations and rules, Tax policy, International competition (Economics), Japanese Competition, Tariff, International Trade

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