International companies cannot access an inventory of vital American satellite components and place orders as the need develops because each component must run the gauntlet of export controls.

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For example, would discussions take place there concerning future sales of technology for which export licenses had not yet been improved -- risking serious breaches in technology security?

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As soon as it was brought to the attention of the Export Control Organisation and Lord Mandelson we acted urgently to put in place export restrictions which will come into force next week.

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As I said, we've got experts from a wide range of business sectors, and what we're going to talk about is, are there mechanisms that we can start putting in place where we see the kind of growth that used to characterize the U.S. economy -- export-driven growth, manufacturing growth, growth that pays high wages and provides high living standards for a broad-based middle class.

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