U.S. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW
COMMISSION

PRESS RELEASE 8

PUBLIC HEARING OF THE
US TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION

Aerospace and Other High-Technology Exports, and U.S.-Asia Trade and Market Access

Seattle, Washington

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Trade Deficit Review Commission will hold its third field hearing on Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The hearing will be held in the King County Courthouse, Snoqualmie Room, 516 3rd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. The session will cover Aerospace and Other High-Technology Exports and US-Asia Trade and Market Access, and include testimony from leading experts in the aerospace and high technology exporting industries, manufacturing, and academia including experts in the field of economics. 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 to noon)
The Chair: Mr. Kenneth Lewis, Commissioner

• Aerospace and Other High-Technology Exports




Panel 1:	Raymond Waldmann, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council, Washington, DC Owen E. Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists, Upper Marlboro, MD
Panel 2:	Ronald L. Cutler, Marketing-Automotive North America, TRW, Inc., Washington, MI Alfred Eckes, Ohio University, Athens, OH Don Hellmann, University of Seattle, Seattle, WA

Afternoon Session (1:30 pm-4:30 pm)
The Chair: Mr. Kenneth Lewis, Commissioner

• US-Asia Trade and Market Access




Panel 3:	Paul Isaki, State Special Trade Representative, Seattle, WA H. L. (Skip) Kotkins, Jr., Skyway Luggage Company, Seattle, WA Richard Feldman, King County AFL-CIO, Seattle, WA Karl Ege, Frank Russell Company, Tacoma, WA
Panel 4:	Patricia Davis, Washington Council on International Trade, Seattle, WA Mark Weisbrot, The Preamble Collaborative, Washington, DC Glenn Pascall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA



• Public Participation (4:30-5:00 pm)