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Us-Vietnam Trade Relations Hearing U.S.-VIETNAM TRADE RELATIONS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 18, 1998 Serial 105±98 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 58±852 CC WASHINGTON : 2000 VerDate 11-SEP-98 11:43 Mar 29, 2000 Jkt 058852 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\KDOCS\58852 WAYS3 PsN: WAYS3 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL ARCHER, Texas, Chairman PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York BILL THOMAS, California FORTNEY PETE STARK, California E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida ROBERT T. MATSUI, California NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut BARBARA B. KENNELLY, Connecticut JIM BUNNING, Kentucky WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania AMO HOUGHTON, New York SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan WALLY HERGER, California BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM MCCRERY, Louisiana JIM MCDERMOTT, Washington DAVE CAMP, Michigan GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota JOHN LEWIS, Georgia JIM NUSSLE, Iowa RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts SAM JOHNSON, Texas MICHAEL R. MCNULTY, New York JENNIFER DUNN, Washington WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana MAC COLLINS, Georgia JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee ROB PORTMAN, Ohio XAVIER BECERRA, California PHILIP S. ENGLISH, Pennsylvania KAREN L. THURMAN, Florida JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada JON CHRISTENSEN, Nebraska WES WATKINS, Oklahoma J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona JERRY WELLER, Illinois KENNY HULSHOF, Missouri A.L. SINGLETON, Chief of Staff JANICE MAYS, Minority Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois, Chairman BILL THOMAS, California ROBERT T. MATSUI, California E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York AMO HOUGHTON, New York RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts DAVE CAMP, Michigan JIM MCDERMOTT, Washington JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota MICHAEL R. MCNULTY, New York JENNIFER DUNN, Washington WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana WALLY HERGER, California JIM NUSSLE, Iowa Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Ways and Means are also published in electronic form. The printed hearing record remains the official version. Because electronic submissions are used to prepare both printed and electronic versions of the hearing record, the process of converting between various electronic formats may introduce unintentional errors or omissions. Such occur- rences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined. ii VerDate 11-SEP-98 11:43 Mar 29, 2000 Jkt 058852 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 D:\KDOCS\58852 WAYS3 PsN: WAYS3 C O N T E N T S Page Advisory of June 9, 1998, announcing the hearing ............................................... 2 WITNESSES U.S. Department of State, Hon. Douglas ``Pete'' Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; accompanied by Chuck Kartman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State .................................................................................................................. 26 American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam-Hanoi Chapter, Thomas O'Dore . 72 American Legion, John F. Sommer, Jr. ................................................................. 108 Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers, Greig Craft .................................... 85 Boat People S.O.S., Nguyen Dinh Thang .............................................................. 51 Burch, J. Thomas, Jr., National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition ........ 103 CIGNA International, Thomas O'Dore .................................................................. 72 Coalition Against Jackson-Vanik Waiver, Diem Hoang Do ................................. 116 Craft, Greig, Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers ................................... 85 Do, Diem Hoang, Coalition Against Jackson-Vanik Waiver ................................ 116 Duggins, George C., Vietnam Veterans of America .............................................. 98 Foote, Virginia B., U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council ................................................... 77 Griffiths, Ann Mills, National League of POW/MIA Families ............................. 46 Harder, Bruce, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, presenting statement of John E. Moon ................................................................................. 95 Joseph, Joel D., Made in the USA Foundation ..................................................... 124 Kerry, Hon. John F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts .............. 5 Lalonde, Bradley, Vietnam Citibank ...................................................................... 91 Levan, Filong, Vietnamese-American Voters' Coalition ....................................... 121 Made in the USA Foundation, Joel D. Joseph ...................................................... 124 Montagnard Dega Association, Inc., Y Hin Nie .................................................... 55 Montagnard Human Rights Committee, Rong Nay .............................................. 58 Moon, John E., Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as presented by Bruce Harder ................................................................................................... 95 National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen, Lynn M. O'Shea .................................................................................................... 61 National League of POW/MIA Families, Ann Mills Griffiths .............................. 46 National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition, J. Thomas Burch, Jr. ......... 103 Nay, Rong, Montagnard Human Rights Committee ............................................. 58 Nie, Y Hin, Montagnard Dega Association, Inc. ................................................... 55 O'Dore, Thomas, American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam-Hanoi Chapter and CIGNA International .................................................................................... 72 O'Shea, Lynn M., National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen, Bellevue, Washington ...................................................... 61 Rohrabacher, Hon. Dana, a Representative in Congress from the State of California .............................................................................................................. 18 Smith, Hon. Christopher H., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ....................................................................................................... 21 Sommer, John F., Jr., American Legion ................................................................ 108 Thang, Nguyen Dinh, Boat People S.O.S .............................................................. 51 U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council, Virginia B. Foote .................................................... 77 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, John E. Moon, as presented by Bruce Harder ................................................................................................... 95 Vietnam Citibank, Bradley Lalonde ....................................................................... 91 Vietnamese-American Voters' Coalition, Filong Levan ........................................ 121 Vietnam Veterans of America, George C. Duggins ............................................... 98 iii VerDate 11-SEP-98 11:43 Mar 29, 2000 Jkt 058852 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 D:\KDOCS\58852 WAYS3 PsN: WAYS3 Page SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, statement ............................................. 127 American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Carlos Moore, statement ................ 128 Bell, Bill, Fort Smith, AZ, statement ..................................................................... 130 Caterpillar Inc., statement ...................................................................................... 135 Evans, Hon. Lane, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, statement .............................................................................................................. 135 General Electric, Hanoi, Vietnam, Andre Sauvageot, letter ................................ 136 Jefferson Waterman International, Stephen Lamar, letter and attachment ..... 139 Lewis, Howard, III, National Association of Manufacturers, letter .................... 141 McCain, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona, statement ........ 33 Moore, Carlos, American Textile Manufacturers Institute, statement ............... 128 Muller, Robert O., Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, letter ................. 141 National Association of Manufacturers, Howard Lewis III, letter ...................... 141 Sauvageot, Andre, General Electric, Hanoi, Vietnam, letter ............................... 136 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Willard A. Workman, statement and attach- ments ..................................................................................................................... 142 Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, Robert O. Muller, letter .................. 141 Will, Richard F., Sr., Westminster, MD, letter ..................................................... 107 Workman, Willard A., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, statement and attach- ments ..................................................................................................................... 142 iv VerDate 11-SEP-98 11:43 Mar 29, 2000 Jkt 058852 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 D:\KDOCS\58852 WAYS3 PsN: WAYS3 U.S.-VIETNAM TRADE RELATIONS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 HOUSE
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