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To: johnd who wrote (49210)	9/13/2000 1:09:17 PM
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U.S. House approves export plan over EU objections WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation overhauling a multibillion-dollar programme of tax breaks for American exporters that threatens to spark a trade war between the United States and the European Union. The legislation, which is expected to win Senate backing later this month, would replace the U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) programme with a new scheme offering $4-6 billion a year in tax breaks to big exporters like Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - news) and Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) among others