Senator SMITH. I was amazed at the number of States in the country that have shoe manufacturing and are really suffering greatly from the shoe imports.

Senator MCCLELLAN. We have a plant or two in my State.

You said there were other things, did you not, in addition to generators?

TRAVEL: 1970 INDUSTRIAL MEETINGS

I note in fiscal 1969 you had $5,000 for travel. In 1970 you had $13,000. And you are requesting $25,000 for 1971.

Submit for the record the number of international meetings that you attended in fiscal 1970, the names of the conferences, and the purpose of the conferences.

Ambassador GILBERT. Yes, sir.

(The information follows:)

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED DURING FISCAL '70

Date of
Conference

Location

6/30-7/3/69 Geneva

International Grains Arrangements (IGA), Wheat Exporters Meeting to examine the current situation in international grains trade.

Seventh Meeting, Joint U.S.-Japan Economic Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs to discuss trade and related policies.

U.S.-Japanese Bilateral Conference to consult on liberalization of Japanese trade restrictions.

OECD Working Party of the Trade Committee to discuss international agreement on government purchasing.

GATT Committee on Cotton Textiles to discuss extension of Long Term Agreement on Cotton Textiles.

GATT Committee on Trade in Industrial Products - to examine 800 notifications of nontariff barriers and categorize these barriers for detailed examination by five working groups.

GATT, Third Session of Technical Experts Group on
Tariff Study to prepare computer analysis of
tariffs and other trade barriers.

11/5-16/69 London

Bilateral Consultations with European Community and
GATT officials to discuss mutual trade problems.

11/18-12/5/69 Geneva

11/16-23/69 Geneva

GATT Working Party on Border Tax Adjustments
Initial discussion of possible solutions to border tax
adjustments problems.

GATT Working Party on Dairy Products to consider New Zealand proposal for international agreement on certain dairy products.

OECD Meeting of Working Party to consider existing
East-West trade arrangements and possible accession of
Roumania and Hungary to the GATT.

GATT, Meeting of Working Group I, Committee on Trade in Industrial Products (CTIP) to discuss government participation in trade.

GATT, Twenty-Sixth Session of Contracting Parties to review GATT activities of past year and plan work for ensuing year.

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GATT, Meeting of Working Group I, Committee on Agriculture to consider governmental aids to exports of agricultural products and possible solutions to problems arising from their use.

GATT, Joint Working Group on Import Restrictions to examine and discuss quota and licensing systems and agree on further work by Agriculture Committee and CTIP.

OECD, Working Party of the Trade Committee to discuss
international agreement on government purchasing.
International Grains Arrangement (IGA), Special
Meeting to discuss current situation in international
grains trade.

GATT Committee on Agriculture, Meeting of Working
Group III to consider agricultural production
policies, trade problems arising there from and possible
solutions to these problems.

GATT, Meeting of Working Group IV, CTIP to discuss
limitations on imports and exports.

GATT, Meeting of Working Group V, CTIP to discuss restraints on imports and exports by price mechanism.

GATT Meeting of Working Group II, Committee on Agriculture to consider tariff and nontariff measures to be applied to imports of agricultural commodities and possible solutions to problems arising therefrom.

GATT, Meeting of Working Group IV, Committee on Agriculture to examine miscellaneous nontariff barriers to trade in agricultural products; health and sanitation regulations, marketing standards, packaging and labelling regulations, customs and administrative procedures, miscellaneous charges and taxes, etc. and to consider possible solutions to these problems.

SUBCOMMITTEE RECESS

Senator MCCLELLAN. If there is nothing else, the subcommittee will stand in recess until 2:15 p.m.

(Whereupon, at 11:45 a.m., the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene at 2:15 p.m. the same day.)