It's not a decision for the university,'' Harmon said. Ludecke said the campaign would not unseal the correspondence out of concern for the privacy of Bradley's constituents who had written to him. However, the campaign is planning to file a Freedom of Information Act request to various regulatory agencies for his correspondence. The FOIA process is often a lengthy one, and the presidential nominations could be wrapped up before any letters are produced. Bradley's 1994 letter to the Commerce Department came well after the New Jersey corporation began to have trouble with the International Trade Commission.
Sigma is a private manufacturing company that makes industrial pipe fittings.
Around 1991, according to The Dallas Morning News, the ITC imposed a 127 percent anti-dumping duty on exports to the United States by China National Metal Products. The Chinese company made key components needed by Sigma for its own products, and Sigma appealed the ruling. Abrams has since died. Pais did not return phone calls yesterday. Bradley asked Brown to speed up the process for Sigma by not requiring the company to resubmit the same documents provided for the original case.