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In another area, ways must be found domestically or Internationally to 

 deal with the problem that arises when regulation is based on purely domestic 

 criteria, while the effects of the regulations directly Impinge on other 

 countries or have Important effects on a country's International trade 

 position. For some situations, the answer may have to be regulatory machinery 

 based within existing or new international organizations. With regard to the 

 effects on trade, more impetus will have to be given to the move already under 

 way to analyze the broader economic effects of proposed regulations before the 

 regulations are approved. 



International cooperation with advanced countries also deserves more 

 emphasis in the changing climate of cost and relative competence in science 

 and technology. But this change in emphasis will not happen naturally in the 

 American system, again because of the built-in focus on domestic problems and 

 pressures. This problem of focus Is exacerbated by the restrictions Imposed 

 by 0MB on foreign travel, and the general attitude of the Congress that 

 foreign travel on the part of "domestic" agency personnel more often than not 

 simply implies junkets. 



Overall, it is a matter of attitude; of sensitivity to international 

 interests, opportunities and effects; of awareness of the U.S. role in the 

 world and its dependence on others. The blurring of domestic and 

 international affairs, so often cited in rhetoric, is real. Government at all 

 levels nust come to realize, and to be able to respond to, the ineradicable 

 interaction of national actions with the international scene. It is not a 

 matter of simply creating an international office in an agency. All have such 



