U.S. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday August 25, 1999 |
For additional information contact: Kathy Michels, 202-624-1409 US Trade Deficit Review Commission |
US TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION 2ND TECHNICAL BRIEFING
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Trade Deficit Review Commission will hold its second public hearing on Thursday, September 9, 1999, in the form of an extended briefing session by experts from think tanks and universities. This session will cover the "Impacts of the Trade Deficit on the U.S. Economy," and follows the first briefing held on August 19, which covered the"Causes of the Trade Deficit." The session will be held in Washington, DC in Room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
The schedule follows:
Morning Session (10:00 am to noon) -- Macro
| Chairman: | Murray Weidenbaum, Commission Chairman |
| Panelists: | Ernest Preeg, Hudson Institute Susan Collins, Georgetown University William Beach, Heritage Foundation Gesa Feketekuty, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
Afternoon Session (2:30-4:30 pm) -- Micro
| Chairman: | Dimitri Papadimitriou, Commission Vice Chairman |
| Panelists: | Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute Robert Scott, Economic Policy Institute Francisco Rodriguez, University of Maryland Sidney Weintraub, Center for Strategic & International Studies |
