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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Title: Fair or Foul: The Challenge of Negotiating, Monitoring, and Enforcing U.S. Trade Laws
Date: 12/9/03
Time (EST): 10:00 AM
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342
The Subcommittee will review the impact of shifting global economic forces on the federal government’s ability to negotiate, monitor and enforce trade agreements. The hearing will examine whether current staffing levels within the federal government’s trade agencies, namely the Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, are adequate to achieve these agencies’ missions.
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Witnesses Testimony
 
Panel 1
  Loren Yager [View PDF] , Ph.D. , Director of International Affairs and Trade , United States General Accounting Office
  The Honorable James Jochum [View PDF] , Assistant Secretary , Import Administration
  The Honorable Charles Freeman [View PDF] , III , Deputy Assistant , United States Trade Representative

Panel 2
  Franklin Vargo [View PDF] , Vice President for International Economic Affairs , National Association of Manufacturers
  Dr. Thomas J. Duesterberg [View PDF] , President and CEO , Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI
  Mr. Tim Hawk , Vice President and General Manager , American Trim LLC



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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510