ADVISORY: W&M Democrats to Host ‘Trading Views’ TPP Forum on Currency Manipulation

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ADVISORY: W&M Democrats to Host ‘Trading Views’ TPP Forum on Currency Manipulation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Jan. 5, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), along with the Committee’s Democratic members, today will continue “Trading Views: Real Debates on Key Issues in TPP " with a session focusing on currency manipulation and trade. The Committee’s Democratic trade staff have prepared an issue analysis paper [PDF here] that will be distributed at the forum.

WHAT: “Trading Views: Real Debates on Key Issues in TPP" forum on currency manipulation

PANELISTS:

Fred Bergsten, Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management

Eswar Prasad, Professor, Cornell University & Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Stephen Biegun, Vice President for International Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company

WHEN: 12:30 pm-2:30 pm on Thursday, January 7th

WHERE: House Visitor Center (HVC) Room 215, The Capitol

Oral remarks at this forum will be from the invited panelists only. However, any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee’s Democratic Members.

Details for Submission of Written Comments:

To submit a statement, please email W&MDem.Submission@mail.house.gov

ATTACH your submission as a Word document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by the close of business on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.

Formatting Requirements:

1. Include the topic of the forum in the subject line of the email (i.e. “Statement for environment forum").

2. All submissions and supplementary materials must be submitted in a single document via email, provided in Word format and must not exceed a total of 10 pages.

3. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons and/or organizations on whose behalf the panelist appears. The name, company, address, telephone, and fax numbers of each panelist must be included in the body of the email. Please exclude any personal identifiable information in the attached submission.

4. Failure to follow the formatting requirements may result in the exclusion of a submission.

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means

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