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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: John Hunt who wrote (6144)6/25/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9818
 
Y2K trade problems loom for poor countries

<< A ''significant number'' of developing countries face severe trade disruption and a collapse of customs operations at year-end because they are not ready to cope with the year 2000 Y2K problem, a U.N. agency has warned.

Jean Gurunlian, a senior official of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said trade could be interrupted for these countries for weeks or ''maybe months.'' ... more ... >>

abcnews.go.com