The first phase of the solar mission stipulated that solar farm operators using silicon wafers should only buy made-in-India versions of this equipment but allowed them to import other forms of technology, including thin-film cells.

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The government promoted the import of raw materials and technology at the expense of consumer goods, and encouraged savings and investment over consumption.

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There were photos of people from each of the ten events, and it would have been difficult for me to come up with a technology luminary of great import in the U.S. who has not spoken or at least attended the conference.

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While the scientific opinions of an obscure legislator from rural Georgia may seem of little import, he is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and therefore has an outsized influence over how we invest in the future.

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In the 1980s, he claims, he developed the technology for Saswitch, the system that linked up ATMs across South Africa, which, because of international sanctions, couldn't import existing technology.

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Their companies mostly consist of operating entities that turn profits, create jobs and import Western technology.

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The wireless-technology firm challenged a June 7th ruling by America's International Trade Commission banning the import of new mobile phones that contain the company's chips.

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