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PRESS RELEASE 9 (Revised)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday
November 30, 1999
For additional information contact:
Kathy Michels, 202-624-1409
US Trade Deficit Review Commission

PUBLIC HEARING OF THE
US TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION

3rd Technical Briefing on the Trade Deficit
"Causes, Consequences, Impacts -- Solutions Continued"

Washington, DC


(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Trade Deficit Review Commission will hold its third technical briefing on Friday, December 10, 1999, in the form of an extended briefing session by leading experts from industry, government, think tanks and universities. This will be the final session of the series on the trade deficit causes, consequences, impacts and solutions. The hearings will be held in Washington, D.C. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.

The schedule follows:

    Morning Session (10:00 to 12:30 pm)

    The Chair:  Dimitri Papadimitriou
       
    Panelists: Robert Barbera, Hoenig & Co.
    Alan Blinder, The Brookings Institution & Princeton University
    Wynne Godley, The Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
    Robert Z. Lawrence, Council of Economic Advisors
    Paula Stern, The Stern Group

    Afternoon Session (2:00 to 4:30 pm)

    The Chair:  Dimitri Papadimitriou
       
    Panelists: Patrick Mulloy, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access & Compliance
    Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University
    James K. Galbraith, University of Texas
    Peter Morici, University of Maryland/Economic Strategy Institute
    Anwar Shaikh, New School University


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