U.S. high-tech exports to Mexico also grew last year at their fastest pace in a decade, at 30 percent. This comes as the Senate Banking Committee recently voted in favor of relaxing aspects of the Export Administration Act. In the interest of national security, the Act set controls on the types of high-tech products that could be exported. The new rules would free the president from restricting exports based on a system that rated computers by their speed. Key Senate and White House officials have backed the proposed changes.
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Full proposals are due May 1, 2001.