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 CIS NO: 90-S361-15
 TITLE: Japanese Trade Barriers to Forest Products, Part 1.
 SOURCE: Committee on Finance. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+39 p.
 DATE: June 22, 1989
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-1             SUDOC: Y4.F49:S.hrg.101-526/pt.1
 ITEM NO: 1038-A; 1038-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.101-526, pt. 1
 LC CARD NO: 90-600921               MC ENTRY NO: 90-13918

 Hearing before the Subcom on International Trade to examine Japanese tariff
 and non-tariff barriers to U.S. forest products exports and to assess U.S.
 Government response to the barriers, including initiatives under Omnibus
 Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 Section 301 provisions to encourage
 trade liberalization.
   Supplementary material (p. 23-39) includes witnesses' written statements.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan mkt barriers to US forest products exports, review
     and US response
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL
     TRADE. SENATE; LUMBER AND LUMBER INDUSTRY; TARIFFS; IMPORT
     RESTRICTIONS; JAPAN (Mkt barriers to US forest products exports,
     review and US response); OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT

 90-S361-15 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 22, 1989 p. 4-10, 27-36
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PHILLIPS, DONALD M. (Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Industry)
     DUNN, ALAN M. (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Basic Industries,
        Department of Commerce)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of Japanese barriers to U.S forest
     product exports and U.S. trade liberalization initiatives.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Department of Commerce, "Japanese Solid Wood Products Market:
        Profile and Outlook" excerpts (p. 29-36).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan mkt barriers to US forest products exports, review
     and US response
 DESCRIPTORS: OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE

 90-S361-15 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 22, 1989 p. 11-27
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CULLEN, BARRY M. (President, National Forest Products Association
        (NFPA))
     ANDERSON, ROBERT G. (Director, Market Research and Economic Services,
        American Plywood Association)
     LOVETT, STEPHEN M. (Vice President, International Trade, NFPA)
     DONNELLY, ROBERT L. (President, Contact Lumber Co.; representing
        Industry Sector Advisory Committee for Lumber and Wood Products)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Adverse impact of Japanese trade barriers on
     U.S. forest products industry; merits of section 301 initiatives,
     including negotiations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan mkt barriers to US forest products exports, review
     and US response
 DESCRIPTORS: NEGOTIATIONS; NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION;
     AMERICAN PLYWOOD ASSOCIATION; INDUSTRY SECTOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
     LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS