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PRESS RELEASE 3

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


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