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 CIS NO: 87-H241-17
 TITLE: Commerce Department's Promotion of Mexico's Twin Plant Program.
 SOURCE: Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+137 p.
 DATE: Nov. 25, 1986
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 99-2              SUDOC: Y4.B22/1:99-105
 ITEM NO: 1013-A; 1013-B
 LC CARD NO: 87-600996               MC ENTRY NO: 87-8514

 Committee Serial No. 99-105. Hearing before the Subcom on Economic
 Stabilization to examine Commerce Dept activities to promote U.S. business
 participation in Mexican Government Maquiladora program allowing U.S.
 companies ownership of Mexican facilities for assembly of U.S.-produced
 components and duty-free reentry of assembled goods into the U.S.
   Full Committee Member Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz) presents a statement (p. 7-9)
 and participates in questioning witnesses. Rep. Bob Carr (D-Mich)
 participates in questioning witnesses.
   Supplementary material (p. 51-137) includes submitted statements,
 witnesses' written statements, and correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico assembly of US goods, Commerce Dept promotional
     activities
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ECONOMIC
     STABILIZATION. HOUSE; DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE; MEXICO (US goods
     assembly in Mexico, Commerce Dept promotional activities);
     GOVERNMENT.AND.BUSINESS; FOREIGN.ECONOMIC.RELATIONS; MULTINATIONAL
     CORPORATIONS; TARIFFS; KOLBE, JIM; CARR, BOB; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND
     EQUIPMENT; COMPETITION

 87-H241-17 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Nov. 25, 1986 p. 9-24, 62-76
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GOOD, ALEXANDER H. (Dir Gen, US and Foreign Commercial Service,
        Commerce Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Clarification of Commerce Dept trade promotion
     role; support for U.S. industry participation in Maquiladora production
     sharing program; benefits of Maquiladora program to U.S. business
     competitiveness.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico assembly of US goods, Commerce Dept promotional
     activities

 87-H241-17 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Nov. 25, 1986 p. 24-50
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BIEDERMANN, RALPH A. (pres, MRB Group; representing Committee for
        Production Sharing)
     GUNDERSHEIM, ARTHUR (asst to the pres, Amalgamated Clothing and
        Textile Workers Union)
     SANCHEZ, ANTONIO (mgr, El Paso joint bd, Amalgamated Clothing and
        Textile Workers Union)
     BYWATER, WILLIAM H. (pres, Intl Union of Electronic, Electrical,
        Technical, Salaried and Machine Workers)
     BECKMAN, STEVE (intl economist, United Automobile Workers)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Importance of international production sharing
     to maintain U.S. business competitiveness, focusing on Mexican
     Maquiladora program; objections to Commerce Dept promotion of
     Maquiladora system, claiming adverse impact on U.S. employment and
     exploitation of Mexican workers; extent of Maquiladora worker poverty.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico assembly of US goods, Commerce Dept promotional
     activities
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
     ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL, SALARIED, MACHINE AND FURNITURE WORKERS;
     UNEMPLOYMENT; POVERTY (Mexico workers employed by US cos); COMMITTEE
     FOR PRODUCTION SHARING; AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION;
     UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS