The federal government has gone even further and exempted EADS from the Buy American Act, the Berry Amendment, the International Trafficking and Arms Regulations, and the Cost Accounting Standards.

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Then, in May, the Pentagon's Defence Contract Management Agency announced an inquiry into allegations that the company was violating the (aptly-named) Berry amendment, which has prohibited the use of foreign materials in products bought by the Department of Defence for more than 50 years.

ECONOMIST: Well, hardly

The Cabot city council turned to their congressman, Marion Berry, a conservative Democrat with no connection to the eponymous amendment.

ECONOMIST: Well, hardly