Soviet trade tests innovation and endurance.
Alaska Business Monthly › Vol. 6 Nbr. 12, December 1990
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Alaskan companies work to adapt to open trade with the Soviet Union; includes related article: Building a bridge across the Bering Sea
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Soviet trade tests innovation and endurance.
The reporter might have been from any major American daily newspaper. He wore a neutral suit and tie and carried a standard-issue pen and pad. But his question, even if it had not required translation, would have broadly hinted that this reporter was going to file his story with a Soviet newspaper. Furthermore, his question conveyed in a subtle but significant way the kind of issues that are challenging many Alaskans eager to do business with the Soviet Union.
The reporter wanted to know: Do Alaskans find the military presence in the state difficult to cope with? Is the military overbearing, careless with toxic waste? Does it control civic affairs and interfere with civil liberties? The question, of course, reflects a Soviet state of affairs very different from t...See the full content of this document
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