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To: John Rieman who wrote (30455)3/7/1998 10:39:00 AM
From: BillyG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50808
 
Help for non-Asian chipmakers via the IMF? I probably should say help for non-Korean chipmakers.................

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Inc.
Story posted at 5:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. PST, 3/6/98

House bill aims to block IMF aid to chip makers

By Jack Robertson

WASHINGTON -- U.S. chip makers this week
got some legislative help in their campaign to keep
any part of the International Monetary Fund bailout
from helping rescue foreign competitors--such as
Korean semiconductor suppliers.

The House Banking Committee included a specific
clause in a bill for $18 billion in additional IMF
funding to keep money from bailing out foreign
semiconductor companies.

Under the legislation, the U.S. Treasury and
Commerce Departments would be required to file
a joint biannual report on foreign country
compliance with reforms mandated as part of any
IMF loans. The bill now goes to the House
Appropriations Committee, and ultimately to the
Senate, which last year shuttled any additional IMF
funding.