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US House Budget Proposal Would Bar EADS From US Defense Contracts The US House of Representatives wants to prevent the Pentagon from offering contracts to European defense and aerospace consortium EADS and other companies that trade in arms with China, according to a committee report published Monday. The report by the House Armed Services Committee will serve as a basis for debate over the 2006 US military budget, due to take place later in the week. The report states that the US secretary of defense should be barred from entering into a contract with a foreign person or organization "which has received a subsidy from the government of a foreign country that is a member of the World Trade Organization." The provision in effect prohibits all contract agreements with EADS, which is fiercely competing for Pentagon contracts, and would effectively give rival US aerospace giant Boeing a boost in the bidding. The House also intends to bar the Pentagon from cooperating with companies that are breaking an embargo on arms sales to China. The measure would "create disincentives for potential arms exports to China by denying sellers access to Department of Defense procurement opportunities." The Republican-controlled House should vote this week on its version of the defense budget, which is likely to rise to around 442 billion dollars. The defense budget would then be examined by the Senate, which could provide its own modifications. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Canadian Industry Pioneering Emerging Space Technologies Longueuil, Quebec (SPX) May 18, 2005 David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, today announced an investment of $20.4 million in 44 research and development contracts. This investment helps ensure that Canada maintains a global niche market advantage in the design of emerging space technologies and applications.
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