U.S. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW
COMMISSION

PRESS RELEASE 7 (Revised)

PUBLIC HEARING OF THE
US TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION

High Technology and Software Trade, and U.S.-Asia Financial Relations

Palo Alto, California

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Trade Deficit Review Commission will hold its second field hearing on Monday, November 15, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The hearing will be held in the Hyatt Rickey's Hotel, Camino Ball Conference Room, 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306. The session will cover high technology and software trade and U.S. Asia Financial Relations, and include testimony from leading experts in high technology, banking and financial industries, and academia including experts in the field of economics and trade. Public participation is invited and there will be an open-mike session for public comment at the conclusion of the afternoon session. Sign-up for the open-mike session will take place in the afternoon and will be on a first come first served basis.

The schedule follows:

Morning Session (8:30 am-12:30 pm)
The Chair: Dr. Anne O. Krueger, Commissioner

• High Technology and Trade




Panel 1:	John E. Robson, Robertson, Stephens and Co., San Francisco, CA Mark Verissimo, Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA
Panel 2:	George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, CA Michael Maibach, Intel Corporation, Washington, DC
Panel 3:	Milton Friedman, Stanford University, Palto Alto, CA



• High Technology and Software Trade




Panel 4:

Laura D'Andrea Tyson, University of California, Berkeley, CA Brian McEachron, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

Afternoon Session (1:30 pm-4:30 pm)
The Chair: Dr. Anne O. Krueger, Commissioner

• US-Asia Financial Relations




Panel 5:

Michael Dooley, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, CA Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, CA John Taylor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA



• Public Participation (3:30-4:00 pm)