Word: freedenberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bryen, a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, who contends that Commerce is proving inept and overly permissive in its approval of export permits, allowing millions of dollars in strategic U.S. products to reach such final destinations as the Soviet Union, China and Iran. On the other side is Paul Freedenberg, an acting Commerce Under Secretary, who maintains that the Pentagon is overzealous and insensitive to the practical problems of accommodating America's Western trading partners...
...narrowed the gap on us to a year and a half. Due to our export restrictions, that gap is back up to seven or eight years." With an eye on the horrendous U.S. trade deficit, however, Commerce Department officials are openly sympathetic to the study's criticism. Says Paul Freedenberg, an assistant Commerce Secretary: "We can cut the list. We can be more responsive." The debate is likely to become sharper as concern over the trade balance continues to grow in the months ahead...
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