What is more, the reunification of Germany presents special export control problems, given that the Chairman of the Volkskammer Commission to Control the Dissolution of the Stasi (East German KGB operatives and secret police) reported yesterday that at least half of the 2, 448 Stasi officers sent into German firms and institutions remain undetected.

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In the public sector, Bill Casey served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

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According to the commission's report, in 2000-05 oil exporters spent a bigger share of each extra dollar of export revenues on imports from the euro zone than they did in 1973-81.

ECONOMIST: The euro area's economy