Competing bills address export issues.(News)

RCR Wireless News, September, 2003

Byline: JEFFREY SILVA With the United States facing $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs from the European Union by month's end, telecom and high-tech firms find themselves split on competing legislation to repeal tax breaks for U.S. exporters. The export subsidy issue directly impacts Motorola Inc., the nation's top mobile-phone manufacturer, and other wireless vendors that sell abroad.

Telecom carriers, software producers and Internet firms are also affected. This week, telecom and high-tech companies could be treated to yet another option if Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) weighs in with a new bill as many expect. It would make the second Senate bill on the combustible issue. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin...

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