1. Senators scold Hughes, ponder China options.
- Author
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Anselmo, Joseph C.
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TECHNOLOGY transfer , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *ECONOMIC sanctions , *GOVERNMENT policy ,FOREIGN relations of the United States - Abstract
Reports that former Hughes Electronics Corp. executive C. Michael Armstrong was criticised by the United States Senate for exerting pressure on the Clinton Administration in 1993 to lift technology sanctions on China. The sanctions' effect on the company's satellite business; Senate options for tighter controls over American-built satellites launched in China; Planned launch of Chinese Long March boosters; Excerpts from Armstrong letters to Clinton; The seriousness of the technology transfer allegations; Safeguarding US technology.
- Published
- 1998