(Christian Science Monitor) - Andreas Tzortzis Fears among French and German companies that the antiwar stance taken by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder would cost them business have come true - at least in the first round of contracts awarded by USAID. All of the initial money the government development agency will give out in primary contracts for immediate postwar reconstruction has gone or will go to U.S. companies. Up to now, only two foreign firms - both of them British - have been brought on, as subcontractors.
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