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 CIS NO: 88-H241-29
 TITLE: U.S. Economic Relations with the Asian Newly Industrialized
     Countries.
 SOURCE: Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+101 p.
 DATE: Apr. 21, 1988
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 100-2             SUDOC: Y4.B22/1:100-57
 ITEM NO: 1013-A; 1013-B
 LC CARD NO: 88-602131               MC ENTRY NO: 88-15600

 Committee Serial No. 100-57. Hearing before the Subcom on International
 Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy to examine trade and other issues
 involved in U.S. economic relations with the east Asian newly industrialized
 countries (NICs) of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asia newly industrialized countries economic relations
     with US, review
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, TRADE, AND MONETARY POLICY.
     HOUSE; FOREIGN.ECONOMIC.RELATIONS; KOREA, SOUTH; TAIWAN; SINGAPORE;
     HONG KONG
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.100-418

 88-H241-29 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Apr. 21, 1988 p. 3-101
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     JORDAN, AMOS A., JR. (bd vice chm, Center for Strategic and Intl
        Studies, Georgetown Univ)
     HORMATS, ROBERT D. (vice chm, Goldman Sachs Intl Corp)
     FAIRBANKS, RICHARD M., III (pres, Natl Committee for Pacific Economic
        Cooperation)
     WALDRON, ARTHUR (asst prof, history and east Asian studies, Princeton
        Univ)
     KING, OLIN B. (bd chm and chief exec officer, SCI Systems, Inc)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of post-WWII South Korean and Taiwanese
     economic developments, including efforts to reduce trade barriers;
     issues involved in improving U.S. economic relations with east Asian
     NICs; conditions affecting adjustment of U.S.-NIC exchange rates.
       Reasons for economic growth in east Asian NICs, with suggested
     application to U.S. inner city areas; merits of Singapore as a base for
     overseas expansion of U.S. firms, citing positive experience of SCI
     Systems; views on U.S.-NIC trade issues and overall relations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asia newly industrialized countries economic relations
     with US, review
 DESCRIPTORS: GOLDMAN SACHS AND CO.; IMPORT RESTRICTIONS;
     FOREIGN.EXCHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN.TRADE;
     ECONOMIC.DEVELOPMENT; SCI SYSTEMS