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 CIS NO: 95-H461-2
 TITLE: Mexico Economic Crisis.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+78 p.
 DATE: Feb. 1, 1995
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-1             SUDOC: Y4.IN8/16:M57/3
 ITEM NO: 1017-A-01; 1017-B-01
 MC ENTRY NO: 95-19273

 Hearing to review the decision of President Clinton to invoke his executive
 authority to provide a financial package to assist Mexico in its current
 debt crisis and stabilize the peso.
   The assistance package, which does not require Congressional approval,
 includes use of long-term loan guarantees from the Department of Treasury
 Exchange Stabilization Fund.
   Supplementary material (p. 47-78) includes submitted statements and
 witnesses' written statements.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico financial crisis, US assistance measures review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): MEXICO (Financial crisis in
     Mexico, US assistance measures review); INTERNATIONAL.DEBTS;
     FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; FOREIGN.LOANS; FOREIGN.EXCHANGE; PRESIDENTIAL
     POWERS; LOAN GUARANTEES; DEPARTMENT.OF.TREASURY
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.104-6

 95-H461-2 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Feb. 1, 1995 p. 13-45, 55-78
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SWEENEY, JOHN (Political Analyst, Latin American Affairs, Heritage
        Foundation)
     BERGSTEN, C. FRED (Director, Institute for International Economics)
     CLINE, WILLIAM R. (Senior Fellow, Institute for International
        Economics)
     BAER, M. DELAL (Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International
        Studies)
     FAUX, JEFFREY (President, Economic Policy Institute)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing views on Administration financial
     assistance package for Mexico; overview of Mexican political and
     economic situation; policy issues related to Mexican financial
     assistance package; views on Mexican financial crisis.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico financial crisis, US assistance measures review
 DESCRIPTORS: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC POLICY
     INSTITUTE