? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will hold a hearing next week on trade policy challenges in the year ahead.
The October 5 hearing will begin at 11 a.m. in Dirksen 215. Grassley is conducting the hearing as chairman of the International Trade Subcommittee.
Witnesses will address renewal of fast-track trading authority, the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, the 2001 ministerial conference of the WTO, the agriculture trade negotiations in Geneva, and labor and environmental issues.
Witness List
Panel I
Gov. Jesse Ventura, of Minnesota
Panel II
Jeff Lang
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Bob Hormats
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives
Craig Thorn
Senior Policy Advisor for Agriculture
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
Panel III
Brent Blackwelder
President, Friends of the Earth
Tom Buffenbarger
President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
