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U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development
October 2-3, 1991
'l'BE Cl'l'IZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
1634 Eye St., N.W., Suite 702 Washington, D.C. 20006 Phone: (202) 639-8889 Fax: (202) 639-8648
Page 1 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH 1634 EYE STREET, N.W., STE. 702 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 FAX: (202) 639-8648 THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CO-CHAIRMEN HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON* WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* LEONARD H. MARKS* The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is a ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* JOHN C. WHITEHEAD* bipartisan public education and public policy organization CHAIRMAN OF THE which aims to: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FRANK C. CARLUCCI* PRESIDENT • Engage U.S. private sector leaders and policymakers in JOHN H. COSTELLO* a dialogue on America's growing stake in promoting SECRETARY GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* global economic growth, particularly in the emerging COUNSEL economies; RANDAL C. TEAGUE* HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR • Develop a network of leaders in agriculture, JOHN R. BLOCK CHARLES F. BRANNAN agribusiness, banking, industry, and trade that HAROLD BROWN EARL L. BUTZ recognizes and supports America's increasing stake in FREDERICK B. DENT C. DOUGLAS DILLON the world economy; ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR. CLIFFORD M. HARDIN HENRY A. KISSINGER • Create a foreign policy climate in the United States that G. WILLIAM MILLER DONALD H. RUMSFELD is more responsive to U.S. international economic DEAN RUSK GEORGE P. SHULTZ interests; and CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS DAVID C. ACHESON • Build a more collaborative partnership between the DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS public and private sectors -- a BOB BERGLAND partnership that can SAMUEL E. BUNKER better promote trade, investment, and growth in the JOHN L. CALDWELL . . WILLIE CAMPBELL emergmg economies. W. HOODING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND ESTHER COOPERSMITH THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P. HOFSTAD J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. MARY BARDEN KEEGAN PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M. KREPS CAROL C. LAISE JAMES F. LEONARD SOL M. LINOWITZ* C. PAYNE LUCAS RICHARD E. LYNG GALE W. MCGEE DONALD F. MCHENRY JOHN M. MYRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH ROBERT D. SCHERER RAYMOND P. SHAFER DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY WILLIAM E. SIMON MAE SUE TALLEY The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is a non-profit, tax-exempt 50 7(c)(3) organization. ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE *Member, Executive Committee
Page 2 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH 1634 EYE STREET, NW., STE. 702 TRADE MISSION INFORMATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE (202) 639-8889 REQUESTS FAX (202) 639-8648 CO-CHAIRMEN HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD A Program of the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON* Through the U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development, WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* A DREW J GOODPASTER* the Citizens Network will be organizing three trade and development LEONARD H. MARKS* ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* missions during 1992. These missions will comprise approximately 15-20 JOHN C WHITEHEAD* people and will be approximately one week in length. The missions will CHAIRMAN OF THE be to Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FRANK C CARLUCCI* PRESIDENT JOHN H. COSTELLO* SECRETARY BULGARIA GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* COUNSEL RANDAL C TEAGUE* HONORARY ADVISORS HUNGARY JOSEPH W BARR JOHN R. BLOCK CHARLES F. BRANNAN HAROLD BROWN EARL L. BUTZ POLAND FREDERICK B DENT C DOUGLAS DILLON ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR CLIFFORD M HARDIN HE1'RY A. KISSINGER If you want to receive information about these missions as they G. WILLIAM MILLER DONALD H. RUMSFELD develop, please sign the form and mark which country (or countries) you DEAN RUSK GEORGE P SHULTZ are interested in. Thanks. CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS DAVID C ACHESON DWAfNE 0. ANDREAS Name: BOB BERGLAND SAMUEL E BUNKER JOHN L CALDWELL Title: WILLIE CAMPBELL W HOODING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND ESTHER COOPERSMITH Organization: THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P. HOFSTAD J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. Address: MARY BARDEN KEEGAN PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M KREPS CAROL C LAISE JAMES F. LEONARD SOL M. LINOWITZ* C PAYNE LUCAS Phone: RICHARD E. LYNG GALE W MCGEE DONALD F MCHE RY Fax: JOH!\; M. fl.1YRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KEr--..NETH RJSH ROBERT D. SCHERER RAY\10ND P SHAFER DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY WlcLIAI\ 1 E SIMON MAE SUE TALLEY The Cwzens Network for Foreign Affairs 1s a non-profit, tax-exempt 50 I (c)(3) organization. ALE\A:~DER 6 TROWBRIDGE *Member, Executive Committee
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October 2, 1991
MEMORANDUM
TO: SENATOR DOLE
FROM: NINA OVIED9~ THROUGH: KERRY TYMCHUK SUBJECT: SPEECH -- CITIZENS NETWORK FOR
TIME AND PLACE
• Thursday, October 3, 8:45 a.m.
• The Grand Hotel, 24th & M Street, NW, 429-0100. • Morgan Williams will meet you at the front door. I will meet you there too -- if it's OK.
AUDIENCE AND FORMAT
• The Citizens Network Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development is a major initiative to promote U.S. agriculture/agribusiness participation in the building of a market based agriculture/agribusiness in Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union.
• Approximately 90 executives will be attending.
• John Block, Chairman of the Agriculture Forum will introduce you.
Attached for your review is a copy of your prepared remarks.
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5 ~ " l 1 - FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS f 's s I I f ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH ••• • lr) September 5, 1991 L / 2 't L 1634 EYE STREET, N.W., STE. 702 /a J WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 t FAX: (202) 639-8648 G'°-J ~~I CO-CHAIRMEN . ~< l'I~ ~ M. HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD Senator Robert Dole ~. ..""' VICE CHAIRMEN * LUCY WILSON BENSOW Republican Leader 1'.. I/.. / WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* U.S. Senate 4) N"f) ~rAn'w.w-- ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* '-.J LEONARD H. MARKS* SH-141 Hart Senate Offi.&\B11ilding --- ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* Washington, DC 20510~16'"6z. JOHN C. WHITEHEAD* Ji. CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Dear senator Dole: ~ °'fr'f. flo f>"<>ple. FRANK C. CARLUCCI* PRESIDENT speaker at the first JOHN H. COSTELLO* I am pleased to invite you to be a keynote SECRETARY meetin of the Citizens Network Agriculture Forum on Trade and GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* evelopment. The meeting w e el m Washmgton, DC, on COUNSEL Wednesday evening and Thursday, October 2-3, 1991. Your RANDAL C. TEAGUE* presentation would be at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 3. HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR JOHN R. BLOCK The Agriculture Forum, which is chaired by Jack Block with CHAR LES F. BRANNAN HAROLD BROWN initial funding from the Agency for International Development (AID), EARL L. BUTZ agriculture/agribusiness FREDERICK B. DENT is a major initiative to promote U.S. C. DOUGLAS DILLON participation in the building of market based agriculture/agribusiness in ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ,ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR. Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union. CLIFFORD M. HARDIN HENRY A. KISSINGER G. WI LLIAM MILLER Your direct involvement in the legislation that provides a variety DONALD H. RUMSFELD DEAN RUSK of assistance to the above countries makes your presentation very GEORGE P. SHULTZ CYRUS VANCE timely. Your involvement in legislation and government policy DIRECTORS regarding the cooperation between the public and private sectors in the DAVID C. ACHESON U.S. in building opportunities for U.S. private business would also be DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS BOB BERGLAND of interest to this group. SAMUEL E. BUNKER JOHN L. CALDWELL ., WILLIE CAMPBELL The Agriculture Forum membership consists of top W. HOODING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND representatives of over 40 U.S. agribusinesses interested in ESTHER COOPERSMITH from the THOMAS A. DINE international business. The Forum membership comes largely RALPH P. HOFSTAD National Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Citizens Network. A J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. MARY BARDEN KEEGAN membership list is enclosed. PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M. KREPS CAROL C. LAISE Most important, the Forum will also provide, on an ongoing JAMES F. LEONARD SOL M. LINOWITZ* basis, recommendations to top policy makers in the U.S. government C. PAYNE LUCAS the U.S. government and RICHARD E. LYNG on how best to enhance cooperation between GALE W. MCGEE the U.S. private sector to develop market based agriculture in Eastern DONALD F. MCHENRY JOHN M. MYRAH and Central Europe while advancing U.S. business interests. DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH q,)3 ~;('(\Vet \,) l rflo~ cw-- ROBERT D. SCHERER P. SHAFER 0 RAYMOND q-J rJ i l MYv.) DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY /Jl/ ()11 vJ li WILLIAM E. SIMON Affairs is a non-profit. tax-exempt 507(c)(3) organization. MAE SUE TALLEY The Citizens Network for Foreign *Member, Executive Committee ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE Page 5 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu
Senator Robert Dole September 5, 1991 Page Two
I have just returned from an intensive 14 days of travel with one of our top agricultural consultants, Morgan Williams, to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland. We met with leaders from their respective private and public sectors to discuss opportunities for U.S. agribusiness and to lay the groundwork for the work of the Forum.
I am enclosing some materials about the Forum and the Citizens Network. Some initial planning meetings have already been held and the reaction has been very strong and positive. If you have any questions about the Forum, please do not hesitate to contact me, Chairman Jack Block, or Morgan Williams, Senior Advisor to the Citizens Network.
I very much hope that you can be with us and that the Forum can be a resource to you in your very critical efforts to provide legislation and resources to assist in the privatization of the economies of Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union and to develop policies that will enable the U.S. private sector to become deeply involved in the process.
Your consideration of this request is most appreciated and I hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience regarding your schedule on October 3.
Enclosures
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THE ~ FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH 1634 EYE STREET, N.W., STE. 702 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 FAX: (202) 639-8648 THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CO-CHAIRMEN HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON' WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* LEONARD H. MARKS* The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs ia a ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* public policy organization JOHN C. WHITEHEAD* bipartisan public education and CHAIRMAN OF THE which aims to: EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE FRANK C. CARLUCCI* PRESIDENT Engage U.S. private sector leaders and policymakers in JOHN H. COSTELLO* • a dialogue on America's growing stake in promoting SECRETARY in the emerging GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* global economic growth, particularly COUNSEL economies; RANDAL C. TEAGUE* HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR Develop a network of leaders in agriculture, JOHN R. BLOCK • CHARLES F. BRANNAN agribusiness, banking, industry, and trade that HAROLD BROWN stake in EARL L. BUTZ recognizes and supports America's increasing FREDERICK B. DENT C. DOUGLAS DILLON the world economy; ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR. CLIFFORD M. HARDIN Create a foreign policy climate in the United States that HENRY A. KISSINGER • G. WILLIAM MILLER is more responsive to U.S. international economic DONALD H. RUMSFELD DEAN RUSK interests; and GEORGE P. SHULTZ CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS Build a more collaborative partnership between the DAVID C. ACHESON • DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS public and private sectors -- a partnership that can BOB BERGLAND SAMUEL E. BUNKER better promote trade, investment, and growth in the JOHN L. CALDWELL . . WILLIE CAMPBELL emergmg economies. W. HOODING CARTER 111 HARLAN CLEVELAND ESTHER COOPERSMITH THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P. HOFSTAD J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. MARY BARDEN KEEGAN PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M. KREPS CAROL C. LAISE JAMES F. LEONARD SOL M. LINOWITZ* C. PAYNE LUCAS RICHARD E. LYNG GALE W. MCGEE DONALD F. MCHENRY JOHN M. MYRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH ROBERT D. SCHERER RAYMOND P. SHAFER DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY WILLIAM E. SIMON Network for Foreign Affairs is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. MAE SUE TALLEY The Citizens ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE •Member. Executive Committee Page 7 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE ~i CITIZENS NETWORK ' . FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1616 H STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 FAX: (202) 639-8648 CO-CHAIRMEN HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LA IR D VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON" '1.'ALLACE J. CAMPBELL" ANDREW j. GOODPASTER• LEONARD H. MARKS• ELLIOT L RICHARDSON" U.S. Agriculture Forum on JOHN C. WHITEHEAD" CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COM\-ilTIEE Trade and Development FRANK C. CARLUCCI• PRESIDENT JOHN H. COSTELLO• SECRETARY GEORGE M. SE iGN IOUS 11• COUNSEL RANCAL C. TUGUE• HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR JOHN R. BLOCK CHARLES F. SRA~JNAN HAROLD BRO\l.'N EARL L. BUTZ fREDERICK B. DEm C. DOUGLAS DILLON ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG. JR. CLIFFORD M. HARDIN HENRY A. KISSINGER G. WILLIAM MILLER DONALD H. RUr-..1SFELD DEAN RUSK GEORGE P. SHULTZ CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS DAVID C. ACHESON DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS BOB BERGLAND SAMUEL E. BUNKER JOHN L. CALDWELL WILLIE CAMPBELL W. HOODING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND ESTHER COOPERSMITH THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P. HOFSTAD j. All.AN HOVEY, JR. AMOS JORDAN. JR. MARY BARDEN KEEGAN LANE KIRKLAND December, 1990 PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M. KREPS CAROL C. LAISE JAMES F. LEONARD JEAN P. LEWIS SOL M. UNOWITZ 0 C. PAYNE LUCAS RICHARD E. LYNG GALE W. MCGEE OONALD F. MCHENRY JOHN M. MYRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH ROBERT D. SCHERER RAH.10ND P. SHAFER ~NIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY WILLIAM E. Sil.ION MAE SUE TALLEY The Citi.'f.'ns Net~rlc for ~ign Aff.Jirs is" non·profit, 1"1X·ex.empt 50/(c)(J) org.tni.:.ttion. ALE.XANDER B. TRO\l/BRIDGE •Member, fa.ecutillf! Comm111~ Page 8 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu
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U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
L BACKGROUND
The emerging economies of Eastern Europe and the developing world offer tremendous opportunity for U.S. agriculture and agribusiness. However, an organizational mechanism is needed through which the U.S. Government and the private sector can work together to identify specific opportunities for U.S. agriculture in these regions and to ~ffectively pursue these opportunities.
The U.S. Government is already contributing to the economies of many of the nations of the developing world and Eastern Europe through foreign assistance, trade and investment _ financing, and other programs. The U.S. private sector has the creativity, capital, technology, and motivation to pursue opportunity in these regions. By working together, the U.S. public and private sectors can both enhance broad-based, sustainable growth in the emerging economies and contribute to the well-being of the D-S. economy.
The Agency for International Development and the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs are uniquely qualified to take a leadership role in developing a public-private partnership to pursue opportunities for U.S. agriculture in the emerging economies. AI.D. has worked for decades in these regions and knows them well. In addition, under current and recent leadership, AI.D. recognizes the urgent need to get the private sector more involved in development and to capture some of the benefits of overseas development for the U.S. economy.
The Citizens Network's central mission is to encourage better understanding within the U.S. private sector about the importance of economic growth in the developing world and Eastern Europe and to work with business and government leaders to improve U.S. policy with respect to trade, aid, and investment in the emerging nations. The Citizens Network has already established an effective, committed, broadly representative network of agricultural leaders whose resources and knowledge can be applied readily to the goals and objectives of the Forum as described in this proposal.
n GOALOFTHEFORUM
To strengthen collaboration between U.S. public sector and American agriculture in responding to the growing U.S. stake in promoting economic growth, trade, and in"vestment in developing world and Eastern Europe.
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III. OBJECTIVES OF TIIE FORUM
Specifically the Forum will function to:
A Engage U.S. policy makers and private sector agriculture leaders in an ongoing dialogue on the opportunities and challenges related to promoting growth in and establishing expanded trade and investment links to the world's emerging economies;
B. Provide a mechanism to improve coordination between the U.S. public and private sectors in agriculture aid, trade, and investment in the emerging economies;
C. Advance the economic interests of U.S. agriculture and agribusiness in the emerging economies;
D. Educate U.S. agriculture and agribusiness on the importance of economic growth in the developing world and Eastern Europe, the need for the U.S. to advance such economic growth, and on opportunities for U.S. trade and investment in the emerging growth economies;
E. Promote active linkages between U.S. commodity organizations and the counterparts in the emerging growth economies, to facilitate the delivery of technical assistance and the development of trade and investment opportunities.
IV. MEMBERSHIP
Members in the Forum will be representatives of key agriculture producer organizations and agribusiness corporations, as well as experts in production, processing, marketing, distribution and overall food systems development. In addition, senior policy leaders from AID, USDA, OPIC and the Department of Commerce would be asked to participate.
V. OPERATIONS
The Forum will be co-chaired by senior representatives of the producer and agribusiness sectors. The full Forum will meet 3-4 times per year.
Several sub-committees would be established to address specific issues, opportunities in specific countries, and/or particular aspects of food systems development. Examples of subjects likeiy to be addressed subcommittees during the first two years of the project include: complementarities between food aid and commercial trade between the U.S. and Eastern Europe; approaches to improving marketing systems in Eastern Europe; opportunities in specific Eastern European countries (probably including Poland and Hungary); and opportunities and challenges for direct investment by U.S. agribusiness in Eastern Europe.
Experts from both emerging economies and the U.S. will be asked to participate in Forum and subcommittee meetings to support the work of the members. Technical experts will work with Forum members to identify specific opportunities, helping to connect U.S. agriculture interests with business interests in various emerging nations.
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\ These activities will be strengthened through the planning and implementation of development missions to selected countries to explore cooperative initiatives. Though the Forum would organize and support these missions, the major portion of the expense would be borne by the individual members.
Finally, the Forum will issue an annual report, including its activities and recommendations, to strengthen the U.S. response to its stake in economic growth in the emerging growth economies. This report will be distributed widely throughout the U.S. agricultural sector.
Vl RATIONALE
American agriculture is rapidly recognizing its expanding stake in economic growth, trade and investment in the world's emerging economies. But American agriculture also feels that its concerns are not always heard when policy is being made. A bett(!r dialogue and sense of partnership between agriculture and policy makers in trade and development will greatly strengthen both the public and private sector response to defining and meeting the national interest in economic growth, trade and development. This is the goal of the U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development.
American agriculture's stake is firmly rooted in global demographics and populations growth. The population of the U.S. and, for that matter, the other industrialized democracies is essentially stable. Most if not all are approaching zero population growth levels. This is certainly true for the United States.
About four billion of the world's five billion people live in the developing world. This number represents approximately four-fifths of the worlds's population and about one-fifth of global GNP.
Recent USDA studies document what happened to demand for agriculture products in developing countries that experienced economic growth during 1964 and 1983. In 51 middle income countries agricultural imports grew by 400%. In the 19 lower income countries with lower levels of income and economic growth, agricultural imports grew by only 80%.
These studies detail that in poor countries people spend a large percentage of any additional income on food. In industrial countries, additional income tends to be spent on luxury goods.
The studies also point out that as diets are improved that there is demand which far outstrips indigenous production capacity and that increased consumption of beef, pork and poultry, in tum creates rising demand for feed grains.
As developing countries reach the "middle-income" level, demand increases for processed and prepared foods. Therefore, in some developing countries and East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, great opportunities exist for U.S. exports of these food products and for investment in their production abroad.
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a 20% increase in the \ The USDA predicts that in the next 10 years, the U.S. will have potential market for U.S. agricultural products, from population growth alone.
USDA also estimates that 80% of the potential new customers for U.S. agricultural products live in the Third World and that today, 60% of the food that enters the world trading system is grown in the developed countries and is consumed in the developing world.
VIL EASTERN EUROPE: TIIE INTI1AL FOCUS
The initial (two year) focus of the U.S. Agriculture Forum will be to strengthen the U.S. response to challenges and opportunities in Eastern Europe.
Specifically, the Forum will seek to:
A Help define the role American agriculture can play in _assisting the countries of Eastern Europe make the transition to market driven economies. The Forum will seek to identify ways in which U.S. agriculture can help with agribusiness production and distribution sectors and with enhancing the informal sectors which have the greatest potential as engines of growth;
B. Advance the economic interests of U.S. agriculture and agribusiness in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe;
C. Educate U.S. agriculture and agribusiness on the importance of the U.S. stake in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe;
D. Promote active linkages between U.S. commodity organizations and trade associations with their counterparts in Eastern Europe.
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~ THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH National Agricultural Advisory Committee (NAAC) 1634 EYE STREET. N.W.. STE. 702 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 FAX: (202) 639-8648 Membership List CO-CHAIRMEN 5/91 HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON* John R Block, Chairman of NAAC WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* President ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* LEONARD H. MARKS* National American Wholesale Grocers Association ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* JOHN C. WHITEHEAD* Lee Adams, Jr. CHAIRMAN OF THE James EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman of the Board FRANK C. CARLUCCI* American Soybean Association PRESIDENT JOHN H. COSTELLO* Daniel G. Amstutz SECRETARY Former Under Secretary of Agriculture GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS 11* for International Affa irs and Commodity Programs COUNSEL RANDAL C. TEAGUE* Andreas HONORARY ADVISORS Dwayne 0. JOSEPH W. BARR Chairman a nd Chief Executive Officer JOHN R. BLOCK Archer Daniels Midland Company CHAR LES F. BRANNAN HAROLD BROWN EARL L. BUTZ FREDERICK B. DENT Kenneth Bader C. DOUGLAS DILLON Chief Executive Officer ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR. American Soybean Association CLIFFORD M. HARDIN HENRY A. KISSINGER G. WILLIAM MILLER Bob Bergland DONALD H. RUMSFELD General Manager DEAN RUSK GEORGE P. SHULTZ National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS Wayne A Boutwell DAVID C. ACHESON DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS President BOB BERGLAND National Council of Farmer Cooperatives SAMUEL E. BUNKER JOHN L. CALDWELL WILLIE CAMPBELL Pat Boyle W. HODDING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND President ESTHER COOPERSMITH American Meat Institute THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P. HOFSTAD J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. Braude MARY BARDEN KEEGAN Michael PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK President JUANITA M. KREPS City Board of Trade CAROL C. LAISE Kansas JAM ES F. LEONARD SOL M. LINOWITZ* C. PAYNE LUCAS Carol Brookins RICHARD E. LYNG President GALE W. MCGEE DONALD F. MCHENRY World Perspectives, Inc. JOHN M. MYRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH 1 ROBERT D. SCHERER RAYMOND P. SHAFER DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY WILLIAM E. SIMON The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. MAE SUE TALLEY ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE *Member, Executive Committee Page 13 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu
Phillip C. Burnett Jeff Gain Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer National Cotton Council of America National Corn Growers Association
Earl L Butz Don Gingerich Dean Emeritus of Agriculture Immediate Past President and Chairman of Purdue University the Board National Pork Producers Council C. Ronald Caffey Chairman of the Board, Ken Gnadt Rice Millers' Association Vice President-Manager of Investment Director of Commodities, Division Uncle Ben's, Inc. Grand Island Trust Company
John R Campbell Ray A Goldberg President Moffett Professor of Agriculture & Business Oklahoma State University Harvard University
H.D. (Hany) Cleberg Richard Goodman President & Chief Executive Officer Vice President, Government Affairs Farmland Industries, Inc. Continental Grain Company
John H. Costello Michael Gorham President Vice President Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Commodity Marketing and Education Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chester T. Dickerson Director, Agricultural Affairs David Graves Monsanto Company President Rice Millers' Association George S. Dunlop President & Chief Executive Officer Joseph A Hafner, Jr. United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association President and Chief Executive Officer Riviana Foods Inc. Duane A Fischer President & Chief Executive Officer David C. Hamblin Secular Grain Company Chairman of the Board of Governors ASAC International LaVemFreeh President Vice President Fresh Farms, Inc. Public and International Affairs Land O'Lakes Thomas A Hammer President Richard L Gady Sweetener Users Association Vice President-Public Affairs & Chief Economist Russell Hanlin ConAgra, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Sunkist Growers, Inc.
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Clifford M. Hardin Richard E. Lyng Former Secretary of Agriculture Former Secretary of Agriculture
Robert D. Havener Luther A Markwart President Executive Vice President Winrock International Institute for American Sugarbeet Growers Association Agricultural Development Steven A McCoy Kenneth Hobbie President President & Chief Executive Officer North American Export Grain Association United States Feed Grains Council John Melcher Ralph Hofstad Former U.S. Senator - Montana Hofstad Consultants Frank Mitchner Edwin A Jaenke Past President President National Cotton Council of America E. A Jaenke & Associates, Inc. James A Mullins Robbin S. Johnson Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee Vice President National Cattlemen's Association Cargill, Inc. Peter C. Myers Seymour B. Johnson President Kay Planting Company The Farm Credit Council
Marlyn Jorgensen Stephen Naught President President American Soybean Association National Barley Growers Association
Alan Kemper Ralph S. Newman, Jr. President President and Chief Executive Officer National Corn Growers Association Farmers' Rice Cooperative
Dean R Kleckner Gerald Redlin President Secretary-Treasurer American Farm Bureau Federation Havest States Cooperative
H. Gene Koch M. William Roche President & Chief Executive Officer President Doane Agricultural Services, Inc. Pfizer Agricultural Division
Donavon C. Loeslie Darrell D. Rott Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Board U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc. Sweetener Users Association Vice President, Director of Purchasing DavidR Long Coca-Cola USA Rice Growers Association of California
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Orion Samuelson Elliott Wimberly Vice President, President & Chief Executive Officer Agricultural Services Director Mid-America World Trade Center WGN!fribune Radio Network
Russ Sanders Executive Vice President National Pork Producers Council
Wayne Showers President Griffin and Brand of McAllen, Inc.
Martin Sorkin Economic Consultant
Leland H. Swenson President National Farmers Union
David C. Thomas Agricultural Consultant
Robert Thompson Dean of Agriculture Purdue University
Eric Vaughn President Renewable Fuels Association
0. Glenn Webb President and Chairman GROWMARK
Michael Wehler President National Pork Producers Council
Del Wiedeman President National Association of Wheat Growers
Winston L Wilson President U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc.
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THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ONE 1-/\RRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH Agricultural Sponsors 1634 EYE STREET. N.W.• STE. 702 W/\SHINGlDN, D.C. 20006 PHONL: (202) 639-8889 1991 Ff\X· (202) 639·8648 CO-C H/\IRM f N HENRY H. rnwLER MUVIN R. LAIRD American Farm Bureau Federation Viel CH AIRMLN LUCY WILSON B[NSON' American Meal Institute \l:'ALLAC I J. CAMrBLLL• ANOR[W J. GOODPASitR • UONAR[) H. MARKS • American Society of Agricultural Consultants International l:LLIOl L. RICHARDSON' JOHN C. WHIHHEAD· Growers Association CHAIRMAN Of THE American Sugarbeet E>-FCUTIVE COMMITIEE FRANK C. CARLUCCI · Archer-Danicls-M id land PRESIDENT ' JOHN H. COSTELLO Cargill SI: CR ETA RY GEORG[ M. SEIGNIOUS 11 · Louis Dreyfus Corporation COUNSEL RANDAL C. TEAGUE· HONORARY ADVISORS GROWMARK. Inc. JOSEPH W. SARR JOH!\ R. BLOCK Inc. CHARLES F. BR1\NNAN Land O' Lakes, H.t,ROLD BRO'-X'IJ EARL L. BUTZ Association F1':uERICf- B DENT National-American Wholesale Grocers' C DOUGLAS DILLON 01'\ ILLE L. FREEMAN ALE\ANDEI\ :,~ HAIG. JR. National Association of Wheal Growers Foundation CLIFFORD M . HARDIN HEIJRY A. KISSINGER G. \l.'ILLIAl1' MILLER National Cattlemen's Association DOi\ALD H. RUl\ISFELD DE:.'\ RUSK GfORG~ P. SHULE National Corn Growers Association () 1':.JS VANCE DIRECTORS National Cotton Council of America D.;' ..' ID C. ACHESON D»•AYNE 0. At-IDREAS BOS BERGLAND Farmers Union Si,\1UEL E. BUNKER National JOHN L. CALDWE LL \>::Lllc CAMPBELL Pork Producers Council v. HODDING CARTER 111 National H.:..RLA.N CLEVELAND ~STHER COOPERS\lilTH Cooperative A<;sociation l rlOMAS A. Dlf\ E National Rural Electric F,ALPH P. HOCSTAD J f..LlJ-J.: HOVEY, JR . l/A~: 1 · BARDE N KEEGAN Riviana Foods, Inc. H ILI P M . KLUTZNICK JUAi\ IT.L. M YRl:PS CAROL C. Lt..ISl Scoular Grain Company JA'v'1ES F. LEONARD SOL iii. LINOY.'ITZ' C PAYN[ LUCAS Sweetener Users Association P.ICHARD [ LYNG G.t,LE W. MCGH uOhiALD f. MCHENRY United Fresh Fruit & Vegetahle Association JOHI ~ M. MYRAH Df.:JI[) ROCKEfl:LLlR Y.l.NNfTH RUSH U.S. Feed Grains Council RO!llRI D SCHERER RAYMOl..JD P. SHAFER uWIH I . SHAUCHNESSY '.J.llLLl.L.IJI L SIMOl'-J 7/Je Cirizem Nerwork for l o1ei9n Al(,,;,~ i., a non ri1of11. tdx·cxen1p1 ~Ol(c)(J} 019a11i/.it1u11 IM·.I SUI lf·.11 1 i • MC'mb1•1, f xecutivc Conimittf-e l·.I Lt.f\r..J[Jl I< ll 1 RO\l'JIWIOGI Page 17 of 85 91 THUThis document12:02 is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas P.03 http://dolearchives.ku.edu .· _...... ~- 11'- / mrrwoRKJTIZENS ----· U .MJ I ' 711"- ~R~~~~ ONE FArmACIUT \IOUARI: sou rH l(l34 m !°ll'R£f1. N.W., m. ·102 WASMIN<•lON, IK 20<)()1) PHONE: (202.) 6 l9·!lt.l89 Sep.tember 12, 1991 rAX: (Z02l 6)9~3()48 f6:'(tjA~~~T.~:::: =~~.~ ~=: ~ ~= HENRY H. rnw1 IR MEI.VIN R. IAlf~I> iiTffu:Jr\iRM'fN...... -.... . '1'0: Yvowne Hopkins iliNwii.stiN'6l' ' N°55N'· · ·- " -·· ~ · Senator Robert Dole WAl I.ACE J, CAMl·tl! ti' ANDREW j. ciOODPASTl.K' FROM: Cl....,-- LlONARD H. MMf<.\' !!organ Willia~• l e..._q H.l IOT L RIOIMDSOW Sen:lor ,\\dV'isor ·v \ \ JOrlN C, WH!'r~Hf. AD' ------·... ·--·······--·-··.. ·-·-'""· ··-- CHAIRMAN OI; l"J •H; SUBJECT: AGR'.CCUL'l'URE FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT !:XICUTIVt C0MMl1Tf.! fR'AN'iC.'c"AKi.ut
·•'" This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SEP-24-91 TUE 10:18 "'~~ Dc,t-p. 0 31 I V V\ dP'- 1 - C [ .:.)c;:~, ·nm crnzENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN ~ AFFAJRS ONE FARf\ACUT·$QljARr: :souTH . FAX .. COVER ·SHEET 1634 EYE snmr. N.W.. $7~. 102 W1\SH INGTON, DC. 7.0001> PHONE; (202) G39·0a89 FAX: (20i.) 6)9-8648 . co:CHAIRMeN"·-- ··M·~· . -- DATE: Sep.t:ember 21~, 1991 mNRvH.t:oWi.iT~~-- w-··-·· MEI.VIN R. LAIR!) v tl ki Y[~e 1,0·. • vonne i;;i.(>P · ns . llJCY cW,lfil'JfiL=::WILSON BENSON' ::::: Executive. Assistant/Pe:i:sonal Secretary WAl.L/,CE J. C..\rvlPUEW · Senator Bob Dole ANDREW J. GOODPf,STER~ LF.ONARD H. M/\KKS• m.1or L. RICl1ARDSt)N i FltOM: . Morgan Will:L'llms· JOHN C. WHITEHEAD' Seni~r Advisor CHAiR'MAN'oF"-:ffif'""·1.. ---- EXEcur1vE COMMITrF.E mANKC~ CAnT.U6:r- · - -· ~--~- 'PRE1 DENT- · ·--· · --··-~----- · · j6HFTi=Cc6$rT:i'.'LcF-'""-•(-··--- Total num.ber,. of pages, including this sheet: ___ SECRE1A'R'Y"""-·-·.. ··--'·-'~-.. -·-· CfoRGE 'M:186~ii0Cis-li"t ___ _ fouNsEf·~-"'·- ·--· ""'·-·~-- iiAN5A"i:Tn;\G\ii!" ...... ~·-- We are v~ry pleased that Senator Dole will be with HoNi)R1\RY' ,frli.iK01~:s-·--.., .. us on Octob~r 3td. JO)lf~~W.6MIC·~----...... -. JOHN R. Bl.00: CHARLES F Sfv\N NAN I am sending you the latest information wa have about !-lllROLD er10·~1N the agenda and the ~articipant list. EARL L. BUTZ · FRE:Drn 1tK B. OEN r ( DOUGlt'\5 DILi.ON '.the title of. the Senator's . renim:-ks can be cha.nge.d to ORVIUJ: L, fRHM,\N . whateve,r he wants it:' to ba. ALEXANDf.R M. HM:i. JP.. : CLIPrORO M. H1\IH)IN HENl\Y A Kl$$INC;1:R We could set the speech as early as 8:45 a.m. if G. WILLIAM MIL~Ei{ DONALD H. KUMSflLO that wo~ld be of any interest to you for his schedule, DEAN RUSK GF.ORGE ?. $! HJ~rl CYRUS VANn I will SBnd you further information early next oi iffffORf- - --~--·~- · ...... _ D/\Vl()°C~ACHE50N_,_.,":" __ ,~ -- DWAYN ~ 0. /1NDIHAS If you have auy questions pl.e.ase call. Tqanks · , ' eoe amG1.MJO · SAMU~L E. BUNKf:R for your assi~tcince. JOl'iN L. CAWWm WILLI~ CM-1PBELL w. HODr;ING CARTrn Iii 1IAR \AN Cl.c VHAN D esrneR <:OOP~RSMITH niOMA'i A. DINI: RALPH P. HOFSTAD J, ALLAN HOVF. Y. JI\, MARY 61\RDEN Kf.r:GAN PHILIP M. KLUTZNI CK JUANITA M. K/\Er1s CAROL (. lA ISE Our:f ~x . nuxnbe.r is (202) :6. 39 .. 8648 JAME) F. lEQNMD SOL M. LINOO/if/.' C. PAYNE LUCAS ~ ! CHARD 1; . LYN(i CAlE W. MCC:f:~ DONALD F. MCHr:NfiY If you: clo not receive aU of the pages, plea~e c~U JOl·IN M, MYR/11~ UAVID R.OCKEPELUR . tl;le Oi . tize~s Network at (202)' 639-8889. KENNF.TH RUS~i RO\liiRT D. SCHH:l:.R RAYMOND .P. !>HAFER : ·: DANll:L E. Sr lAIJ(ll·INtm' WILLIAM,!. SIMON .\.IA~ SUI! iALL!!Y · T/w Cirill:' /1.1 N.•tworJ.. for J.Orc•1!)11 A/f,11r1 1; .~ 11''''·p1v!t1, 1,1 .q·.~1tmµt 501M(3) org.1ni:mtlon, Page 19 of 85 AlHANDf:P. il. Tl{OWB1< 1r>c.t. • ivfem.b~·r, fac•futiVCY (c1111rnm<'•' This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu ··4 · :_:: ·9"i""' T U E 1 0 : 1 a P.02 ..... s · e;; ·.:;::..:..:..·2. '
U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON
TRADE. AND! DEVELOPMENT
THE GRAND HOTEL 24th & M Street, NW Washington, DC . (202) 429-0100
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THURSDAY, OCTOnER 3
8:00 a.m. RegtstruUon(Coff c.,-e 8:30 a.m. Welcome. Jntrodu.ctions and Overview or the U.S ~ Agriculture Forum on Trade and Pcvelopmcut · John H. Costello Prcsidentt Citizens Network for Forejgn Affairs
8:45·a.m .. 01>ening RcmarM and Introduction John R. Block Chairman, :u.s. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development Preside11t, ~ati 9:00 a.rn. : A Foreign .Policy Climate Responsive to U.S. Internatton~tl Business Interests · Senator Ropert Dole Republican; Leader, U.S. Senate 9:45 a.m .. Looking Ev.st: The Soviet Rcpubli~ Robert B. Zoellick Unde~ Sec(etary for Economic and Agricultural Affalrs Departmen~ of State (invited) 10~30 a.m. Co Ctcc Page 20 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SEP-24-91 TUE 10:19 P.03 - 'i: - 10:45 a.m. Private Business Development in the Emerging Economies Dr. Ronald W ..Ros kens Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development Policy .Dialogue: . 'rbe United Stat~ Publlc nnd Private Sector Partnership in the Prlvati:1.adon or the Economics ot Central and Ea.stern Europe 11:30 a.m. Panel 1: The U.S. Government Approach: "An Overview of Policies and Programs Supporting the Developroe11t of Market Economies." Which .agencies are implementing programs? What is being done? · ~m~lJ:h.ait-roan: Gary A. Bll1mcothal Special A.ssistant to the President for Agricultural Trade and Food Policy Deputy Assi'stant to the President for Cabinet Liaison The White House A. Tom Pomeroy Coordinator, Eastern European & Soviet Secretariat .Foreign Agricultural. Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 12:30 p.m. Burret '\Vorklng tunch 12:4S a.m. Panel 2: The U.S. Agribusiness Response: "A Reaction to Current Policies and Programs and ·Recommendations for the Future." Ar.e U.S. government laws. policies and programs responsive to U;S. bus.iness interests? Are private sector trade and investment a high. priority foe the U.S. government? ~~lilim..anl Martha Cashman Vice President, International Devclopm~nt, Land O'Lakes Carol Brnokins P(esldent, World Perspectives, Inc. 1:4S p.rn. Concurrent Workshops (choose one) In-depth, country-specific discussions of the investment climate in: •Bulgaria Ognian Pishcv Amb. ass~ Vladimir Osscnov First Secretary Scientific and Technological Affairs Embassy of Bulgaria · Page 21 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SEP-24-9~ TUE 10:20 P.04 -3- • Poland Moderator: J.B. Penn . Senior Vice President, Principal·, Sparks Companies. Inc. Jcrzy Strebski Economic Attache. Emhassy of Poland Jacek Tomorowicz M.inister~Counsclor, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Poland • H\lngary Jozsef Popp . Fir.st Secretary. Agricultural Affairs Embassy of the Republic of Hungary 2:4s p.m. Concurrent Workshops (choose one) • American Enterprise funds/or Hungary, ~olarul, Bulgaria and the Czech and Slovak Republic: What are they? How do they operate? How can they be utHi.zcd by American agribusiness? Should the role of Enterprise Funds · be ' expande~? Francis J. Skroblszcwski Vice Prcsid~nt, Polish-American Enterprise Fund Ric Francke Investment Officer, Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund • Business Models: Current case studies from U.S. companies, including counter~trade, . currency issues, project financing and joint ventures. Mike A. Pawluk Manager, World Trade, Pepsi~Cola International .Bob Rickert Director, International Financial Services, Ralston Purina International 3:45 p.m.. Final Discussic:m and Remarks 4:00 p.m. The Future. oflhe U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Dev~lopmcnt: trade missions, policy recommendations, steps toward continuing the dialogue . . 4:30 p.m. : ,(\djournm~nt Page 22 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu P.05 -cf- The U·.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development is a program of the Citizens Network for Poreign ·Affairs to facilitate U.S. agribusiness :participation in the development of market based economies In 'E~stern and Central Europe, the Baltics, and the Soviet Republics. The Forum will also review and make recommendations concerning U.S. government laws, policies and programs affecting U.S. private sector busin.ess participatlon in this important part of the world. This is the first meeting of the Forum. John R. Block, former U.S. secretary of agriculture, serves as the Chairman of the Foru1n. John H. Cost~llo is President of the Citizens Netwo.rk. E. Morgan Williams. Senior Advisor to the Ci.tizens Netwol'k, serves as executive director of the Forum's meetings and activities. Initial fundlng for the Fa.rum has been provided by the Agency for Inter.national Development (USAID). -. Page 23 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas P.06 http://dolearchives.ku.edu U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON 'l"RADE AND DEVELOPMENT Octob~r 2~3, 1991 Washington, DC L!S.I_OF PAR.TJ5:IPANIS ' (As of 9/l3/91) Tom Albrecht Wallace 1. Campbell Vi~e President-Purchasing Executive Committee Member McDonald's Corp<)ration Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs John Balis Martha M. Cashman Senior Agribusiness Specialist Vice President, International Developmen~ Bureau for Europe & the. Near East J..and 10 Lakes Agency for Inter'natiooal Development Philip L. Christenson John R. Block . Consultant Chairman of the U.S. Agriculture Forum on U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Trade and Development "· President Mark. S. Condon Nati Norman A. Braksick William Craddock President, Asgrow Seed Company Chief .. Business, Finance & Investment Th& UpJohn Company Bureau for Europe and .the Near East Agency for -International Development Carol Brookins President · Dean Dort World Perspectives~ Inc. Washington Counsel Deere & Company Alan Caldwell Director, Federal Government Affairs Erick Erickson RJR/Nabisco, Inc. · Director of International Operations/Eastern Del Monte - USA Europe/USSR · U.S. Feed Grains Coun~il Tom Campbell Manag~r, Governm. ~nt Relations Deborah A. Fischione DowElanco Vice President, Government Relations Chicago Mercantile Exchange Page 24 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas 10:22 http://dolearchives.ku.edu P.07 ' '~· . ,. Ric Francke Sally H. Montgomery Investment Officer . Deputy Assist.ant Administrator . Hungarian 'Amedcan: Enterprise Fund Private and Voluntary Cooperation : Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary H. Phillip Hubbard ·. . " Assjstance Director, Of(iee of International Business Agency for International Development Dcvdopmcnt ·· · , ~ · Agency for ln~enw.tiQi:tal Development · '' ! : I' ' Priscilla N. Myerson .. . Associate Director, Government Marketing Thad .Jackson . i . W.R. Grace ; Dircetor of rssQe·Management 1 · Nestle~ USA~ In~. ·; • · Nick Nein Vice President, Com. ~ercial Williams .. Kies, ' Jr. < DowElanco · ·Senior Viee Prcsi~cnt ·Marketing & Fiel4 Se.rVices Vladimir Ossenov : food . Mark~tirig 1~sti~ut~ • : , ; . ·I ·Flrst Secretary Scientific and Technological Affai.ts . Hal Kosiba Embassy of Bulgaria ·Di'rec .tor of Prog.ra,ms Citizens Netw~rk for Foreign A~~airs Stewart K. Owens Group Vice President Bob l.awrence Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Con.sultant Valmpnt Industric~ 1 Inc. Charles Palmer Vice President . .David C. Lyo~s : . · . Sales & Marketing~ North America ·Vice President for Government Relations Dole Food Company L-Ouis PreyfilS '. Co(-poration Mike A. Pawluk . George Melnykovich Manager, World Trade ·President · · ' · Pepsi~Cola International Fcxxr:Processl~g :¥achinery & Supplies Association · ·: · ' ! . " · J.B. Penn Senior Vice President/Principal Peter Mishck The Sparks Companies Vice President , · .Coo~rativ.e Ttade and Business . · Ognian Pishev ·Developm~.nt Ce~ter - Eastern Europe Ambassador to the United States 21 &t Ce~tuey Getletics Embassy of Bulgaria Ag: Proecssiiig; Inc. Gountrymar.k Cooperatives, In~. Tom Pomeroy und O;I..ak;es : . · . · Coordinator, Eastern European & Soviet Nationwide lnstlrance Secretariat National. Cooperative Busines~ :Assn . Foreign Agricultural Service Coopera,tivt. I>cvel9p·mcnt. Foundation . ~ . ~;' ; : : : . ' . . ' U.S. Department of Agriculture " :· . . ' .. Page 25 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu P.08 ""' ...... Jozsef Popp Jacek Tomorowicz First Secretary, Agricultural Affairs Minister.-Counselor, Economic Affairs Embassy of the Republic of Hungar~ Embassy of Poland Jack Reed Ann Tutwiler Vice President, International Director, Agribusiness Policy Archer Daiiiels Midland Central Soya Bob Rickert Glenn Webb D1'ectc)r of International lf'inancial Services President and Chairman Ralsto11 ·Pudna International GROWMARK Ronald Ro$kens E. Morgan Williams Administrator ·. Senior Advisor Agency fot International Development C.itizens Network for Foreign Affairs Robert D ..Scherer Harry Wing .Men"iber, ~ard of Directors Deputy Director ·Cooperative Trade and Bt1siness Private and Voluntary Cooperation Dcve1opm¢nt C~nter ~ Eastern EuropQ Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary Assistance James Snell Agency for International Development Chief, Food Systems Division Bureau for Europe · Donald Wissman Agency for International Development Chairman DPRA, Inc. Martin Sorkin . Economic Consultant Jerzy Sfrebskl • Economic Atta.che Embassy of Poland William A. Staempfli Vice Pre.sident, Country Operations A11imal H~i.lth Group · Pfizer Inc~ · Randal Teague . · Attorney At Law .v.orys, Sater, Seymour, Pease D. Woods Thomas Dean of International Programs Purdue University Page 26 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SEP-24-91 TUE 10:23 P.09 AGRICULTUl~E U.S. . . FORUM ON '11tADE A!\~ DEVELOPMENT' A Program of the Ci.ti~ns Network for Foreign Affairs .C.9..!llU-alll~ A~socjati.Qni~resente4 · As. of 9/23/91 McDonald's Corporation American Meat Institute National American Wholesale Grocers Association Ameri~an Seed Trade Association Nationwide Insurance Archer.:. Daniels~ :Midland Nestle' USA Asgtow Seed Company Pepsi Cola International Bob Evans Farms, Jnc. Pfizer, Inc. Central Soya RJR/Nabisco Countrymark Cooperative, Inc. Ralston Purina International De¢re & Company The Upjohn Company Del Monte • USA 21st Century Genetics Dole Food Company . U.S. Peed Grains Council Dow Blanco Valmont Industri;es, Inc. DPRA, Inc. W.R. Grace, Inc. Food Marketing Institute Food Processing Machinery & S\1pplies Association GROWMARK, Inc. Land O'Lakes Louis D~eyfus Corporation Page 27 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu REMARKS BY SENATOR BOB DOLE THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1991 IT'S A SPECIAL PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO SEE JACK 1 Page 28 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu BLOCK, WHO WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE. I REMEMBER THE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION IN 1980, WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS FILLING HIS CABINET WITH PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA, FROM NEW YORK, FROM 2 Page 29 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu EVERYWHERE IT SEEMED BUT THE MIDWEST. I TOOK A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, AND DREW A BIG RED CIRCLE AROUND THE MIDDLE. I SENT IT TO PAUL LAXALT WITH A NOTE THAT SAID 11 THE BLANK SPACE IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE MIDWEST. 11 3 Page 30 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu A FEW DAYS LATER, JACK BLOCK WAS NAMED SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SUCH A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF INDUSTRY LEADERS, AND I COMMEND YOU ON YOUR EFFORTS TOWARD OUR COMMON GOALS. 4 Page 31 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu l'VE BEEN ASKED THIS MORNING TO TOUCH ON A CURRENT ISSUE WHICH IS NO DOUBT ON ALL OF YOUR MINDS - THE SOVIET UNION AND THE IMPACT THE REMARKABLE CHANGES OCCURRING IN EASTERN EUROPE WILL HAVE ON U.S. BUSINESS. 5 Page 32 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE SOVIET UNION THE LANDMARK EVENTS STILL UNFOLDING IN THE SOVIET UNION HAVE SPARKED A DEBATE IN CONGRESS, IN FARM COUNTRY, AND IN THE AGRIBUSINESS COMMUNITY OVER WHAT OUR ROLE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE IN ENCOURAGING SOVIET 6 Page 33 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu ECONOMIC REFORM AND IN COORDINATING THE MOVE TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. NO DOUBT THAT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOVIET UNION, FOR U.S.- SOVIET RELATIONS, AND FOR THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD -- ARE PROFOUND. 7 Page 34 of 85 ------This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THERE ARE REAL REASONS TO CELEBRATE, FOR ALL OF US. DEMOCRACY AND SELF- DETERMINATION FOR THE REPUBLICS AND NATIONALITIES OF THE SOVIET UNION HAVE TAKEN A GREAT STEP FORWARD. THE NEWLY EMERGING LEADERS OF THE SOVIET UNION 8 Page 35 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SEEM COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE INTERNATIONAL POLICIES. THEY HAVE INDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO CUT THE SIZE OF THEIR MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT AND BUDGET; TO END MILITARY AID TO CASTRO; TO JOIN IN A MUTUAL END TO ARMS SHIPMENTS INTO AFGHANISTAN; 9 Page 36 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu AND TO STAY THE COURSE ON THE CONSTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL POLICIES FORGED BY PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. AND CERTAINLY, SECRETARY BAKER'S COMPLETED DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW INDICATE THAT THE NEW SOVIET UNION REMAINS ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN FOREIGN 10 Page 37 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu POLICY. THE SOVIET REPUBLICS HAVE ALSO TAKEN IMPORTANT INITIAL STEPS IN FORGING A NEW FORM OF ASSOCIATION AMONG THEMSELVES -- AND THEY ARE DOING SO PEACEFULLY AND THROUGH NEGOTIATION, NOT BY COERCION. 11 Page 38 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu FINALLY, THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A GENUINE CONSENSUS AMONG ALL THE EMERGING LEADERS THAT FUNDAMENTAL FREE MARKET REFORM IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THE LONG-TERM STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE SOVIET UNION -- HOWEVER THE STATE IS RESTRUCTURED. 12 Page 39 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SO THERE IS REASON TO CELEBRATE -- AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU AND YOUR BUSINESSES. BUT, WHEN THE CELEBRATIONS COME TO AN END, THE SOVIET LEADERS WILL BE FACED WITH A WHOLE HOST OF THOUGH PROBLEMS -- SOME NEW, SOME LONG-STANDING-- 13 Page 40 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu AND NONE OF THEM LIKELY TO BE QUICKLY OR EASILY SOLVED. SO, AS WE EVALUATE THE SITUATION -- AND AS YOU EVALUATE YOUR COMPANY'S ROLE -- IN THE SOVIET UNION, LET US MOVE DECISIVELY, YES; BUT NOT PRECIPITOUSLY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND CREATIVE 14 Page 41 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu POLICY-MAKING -- NOT THE TIME FOR KNEE-JERK, 11 FEEL-GOOD11 REACTIONS. UNDER THE JOINT LEADERSHIP OF GORBACHEV AND YELTSIN, THE SOVIET REPUBLICS APPEAR TO BE MOVING FORWARD, RAPIDLY AND SENSIBLY, TOWARD SOME NEW DEFINITION OF THE 15 Page 42 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE REPUBLICS. THE PRECISE FORM OF THAT RELATIONSHIP REMAINS UNCERTAIN. BUT WHATEVER THE SOVIET LEADERS DECIDE, FOR OUR PART WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKE WE HAVE SOMETIMES MADE IN THE PAST - - OF LETTING THE SOVIETS IN 16 Page 43 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu LARGE MEASURE DICTATE THE SCOPE OF OUR DIPLOMACY. WHO KNOWS WHETHER DECISIONS, AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED TODAY IN MOSCOW WILL SURVIVE IN THE LONG, OR FOR THAT MATTER SHORT RUN? WHO KNOWS FOR SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 11 UP 11 17 Page 44 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu TODAY -- WILL BE 11 UP 11 TOMORROW. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CHALLENGE THE LEADERS CONFRONT IS NOT FACING UP TO TANKS, WITH THE MASSES OVERWHELMINGLY BEHIND THEM --BUT FINDING FOOD FOR THOSE SAME MASSES, THEIR 18 Page 45 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu EXPECTATIONS SOARING BUT THEIR STOMACHS STILL EMPTY. LET'S REMEMBER: A YEAR AGO, WE TOASTED GORBACHEV AS THE MAN OF THE DECADE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE WROTE HIS POLITICAL OBITUARY -- AND l'M SURE SOME EXPECTED TO BE READING HIS LITERAL OBITUARY. TODAY HE SEEMS 19 Page 46 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu VERY MUCH ALIVE, LITERALLY AND POLITICALLY. SO LET'S NOT BE BLINDED BY TODAY'S BRIGHT LIGHT. THIS IS A LONG BALL GAME, AND WE'VE BARELY HAD THE KICK-OFF. WHAT WE SHOULD DO TODAY IS, IN ONE SENSE, NO DIFFERENT THAN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING MORE 20 Page 47 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu AGGRESSIVELY FOR THESE PAST MONTHS AND YEARS: LET US ACTIVELY REACH OUT TO ALL THE LEADERS IN THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, IN MOSCOW AND IN THE REPUBLICS. LET'S DROP AN COUPLE OF EGGS IN EVERY BASKET WE CAN FIND. PROPOSALS FOR DIRECT AID, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, 21 Page 48 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS AND BARTER AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADVANCED, AS WELL AS THE VIEW THAT OUR MOST PRESSING INTERESTS LIE HERE AT HOME. AS FAR AS IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE CONCERNED, HOWEVER, IT DOES SEEM THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD PROVIDE SOME SORT 22 Page 49 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE - AND THE NEEDS DO APPEAR TO BE IMMEDIATE. U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY MADIGAN IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK IN MOSCOW TO ASSESS THE AGRICULTURE SITUATION. THIS WEEK'S U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT POINTS OUT 23 Page 50 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THAT ALTHOUGH FARMING HAS ABSORBED MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE SOVIET ECONOMY IN THE LAST DECADE, IT REMAINS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT, HOBBLED BY CHRONIC SHORTAGES OF FERTILIZER, MACHINERY, SPARE PARTS, AND FUEL. RURAL 24 Page 51 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS ONE FOURTH OF THAT IN THE UNITED STATES, SOME 25 PERCENT OF STATE FARMS LACK ADEQUATE ROADS, AND ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF ALL FARM WORKERS ARE STILL ENGAGED IN MANUAL LABOR. IT'S GOING TO BE AWFULLY COLD OVER THERE PRETTY 25 Page 52 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SOON, SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE FOOD ON THE SHELVES IN THE POPULATION CENTERS. l'VE HEARD SOME REPORTS OF FOOD HOARDING ON THE COLLECTIVE FARMS, SO WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE IN THE CITIES WHOSE ONLY RECOURSE IS THE BLACK MARKET. 26 Page 53 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu I AM PLEASED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION ON TUESDAY TO MOVE UP THE REMAINING $585 MILLION IN SOVIET CREDITS FOR IMMEDIATE USE. CERTAINLY, WE CAN EXPECT THAT SOVIET NEEDS WILL FAR SURPASS THAT AMOUNT, AND WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE 27 Page 54 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu MOST PRUDENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS IN BOTH THE INTERMEDIATE AND THE LONG TERM. CREDIT GUARANTEES, DIRECT CREDIT, BARTER -- EACH SHOULD BE EVALUATED BOTH ALONE AND IN A MIX ON THEIR RELATIVE MERITS. IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A LONG TERM TRADE PACKAGE 28 Page 55 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu WHICH DOESN'T AMOUNT TO SOME SORT OF FIVE-YEAR GIVEAWAY -- THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT AND NEITHER DO THE SOVIETS. I FEEL WE CAN FIND A WAY TO OFFER SOME AID TO THE SOVIET PEOPLE. THE SOVIET UNION IS A VERY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR OUR 29 Page 56 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu COMMODITIES, BUT GIVEN A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP, WE NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LONG TERM PLAN. 30 Page 57 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu WE LIVE IN THE MOST REMARKABLE OF TIMES -- FILLED WITH THE MOST REMARKABLE OF POSSIBILITIES. BUT THE FUTURE WHICH LIES AHEAD IS STILL DANGEROUS, FOR ALL THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED; STILL UNCERTAIN, FOR ALL ITS PROMISE. LET US APPROACH THAT FUTURE 31 Page 58 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu SENSIBLY, WITH OUR FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND AND OUR EYES WIDE OPEN. THANK YOU. 32 Page 59 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu The United States Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development A Project of One Farragut Square South 1634 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 702 Washington, D.C. 20006 Phone: (202) 639-8889 Fax: (202) 639-8648 Page 60 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON TRADE & DEVELOPMENT Background Forum Membership The U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade & The agriculture and agribusiness sectors of The Forum consists of leaders of a wide Development is a catalyst for effective the U.S. economy represent one of the range of agricultural commodity producers, participation by the U.S. agriculture and great economic success stories in history. agribusiness corporations, cooperatives and agribusiness sectors in generating farmers associations, as well as specialists The skill and enterprise of American farmers sustainable economic growth, trade and in food production, processing, marketing, and farm-related businesses can be of investment in the developing world and in distribution and food systems development. tremendous value in today's rapidly the emerging economies of Central and changing global village, both in the Eastern Europe and the Soviet republics. developing nations where eighty percent of Forum Activities Chaired by former U.S. Secretary of the world's people live, and particularly in Agriculture John R. Block, the Forum is a the emerging economies of Central and The Forum functions through a range of project of the non-profit Citizens Network Eastern Europe and the Soviet republics. task groups established to address specific for Foreign Affairs. Initial funding for Forum issues and geographical regions. Through In addition, as population growth stabilizes activities is provided through a grant from the work of these groups, and through in the industrialized nations, the emerging the U.S. Agency for International regular meetings of the full Forum, members economies provide major opportunities for Development. have the opportunity for working dialogue business growth and expansion. with senior officials at USAID, USDA, OPIC, Objectives of The Forum While the agriculture community is rapidly TDP, the Department of Commerce and recognizing both the pressing needs and the other involved federal agencies and • To engage U.S. policy makers and tremendous opportunities in the emerging departments. leaders in an nations, there remains a need for supportive private sector agriculture A key Forum activity is the creation of ongoing dialogue on promoting growth mechanisms for the sharing of information concrete links between US and overseas trade and investment and experience, ongoing interaction with and expanding enterprises. To accomplish this, trade and emerging policymakers, and the creation of active links with the world's development missions to selected countries effective working linkages with counterparts overseas. economies -- building are undertaken by Forum members, staff partnerships between the U.S. public Enhancing communication between the and consultants. and private sectors; public and private sectors is a key starting The Forum will also issue publications and linkages between U.S. point. The private sector has the creativity, • To create active reports for distribution throughout the acriculture/agribusiness organizations capital, technology, and motivation to make agriculture and agribusiness communities. and their overseas counterparts in order a difference. Government provides the to facilitate the delivery of technical overarching framework, policies and assistance and the expansion of trade programs to enable effective action. During 1991 and 1992, the major focus of and investment opportunities. Working together, they can promote broad- the forum's work is to strengthen the U.S. based, sustainable growth in the emerging response to challenges and opportunities in • To promote American agriculture's economies and at the same time contribute Central and Eastern Europe, including the interests in aid, trade and investment in to the well-being of the U.S. economy. Soviet republics. the emerging economies. Page 61 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE CITIZENS NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CO-CHAIRMEN HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is VICE CHAIRMEN a bipartisan public education and public LUCY WILSON BENSON* policy organization which aims to: WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* LEONARD H. MARKS * leaders and ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON• • Engage U.S. private sector JOHN C. WHITEHEAD * policymakers in a dialogue on America's CHAIRMAN OF THE growing stake in promoting global EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE economic development, particularly in FRANK C. CARLUCCI* the emerging economies; PRESIDENT JOH N H. COSTELLO* • Develop a network of leaders in SECRETARY agriculture, agribusiness, banking, GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* industry, and trade that recognizes and COUNSEL supports America's increasing stake in RANDAL C. TEAGUE* the world economy; HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR JOHN R. BLOCK • Create a foreign policy climate in the CHARLES F. BRAN NAN United States that is more responsive to HAROLD BROWN EARL L. BUTZ U.S. international economic interests; FREDERICK B. DENT and C. DOUGLAS DILLON ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR. • Build a more collaborative partnership CLIFFORD M. HARDIN between the public and private sectors -- HENRY A. KISSINGER G. WILLIAM MILLER a partnership that can better promote DONALD H. RUMSFELD trade, investment, growth and DEAN RUSK GEORGE P. SHULTZ sustainable, broadly based development CYRUS VANCE in the emerging economies. DIRECTORS DAVID C. ACHESON JAMES F. LEONARD DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS SOL M. LINOWITZ* The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is BOB BERGLAND C. PAYNE LUCAS a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under SAMUEL E. BUNKER RICHARD E. LYNG JOHN L. CALDWELL GALE W. MCGEE Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(3). WILLIE CAMPBELL DONALD F. MCHENRY Contributions to The Citizens Network are W. HOODING CARTER 111 JOHN M. MYRAH HARLAN CLEVELAND DAVID ROCKEFELLER tax-deductible. ESTHER COOPERSMITH KENNETH RUSH THOMAS A. DINE ROBERT D. SCHERER RALPH P. HOFSTAD RAYMOND P. SHAFER For more information, contact John H. J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR. DANfEL E. SHAUGHNESSY Costello, President, or Morgan Williams, MARY BARDEN KEEGAN WILLIAM E. SIMON PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK MAE SUE TALLEY Senior Advisor on Agriculture. JUANITA M. KREPS ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE CAROL C. LAISE I Page 62 of 85 I This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu ~ NETWORK FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONE FARRAGUT SQUARE SOUTH 1634 EYE STREET, N.W., STE. 702 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202) 639-8889 THE U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON FAX: (202) 639-8648 CO-CHAIRMEN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT HENRY H. FOWLER MELVIN R. LAIRD VICE CHAIRMEN LUCY WILSON BENSON* WALLACE J. CAMPBELL* ANDREW J. GOODPASTER* LEONARD H. MARKS* ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON* A Program of the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs JOHN C. WHITEHEAD* CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE FRANK C. CARLUCCI* PRESIDENT JOHN H. COSTELLO* "U.S. Agribusiness: Building Markets, SECRETARY Private GEORGE M. SEIGNIOUS II* Enterprise and Democracy Around the World" COUNSEL RANDAL C. TEAGUE* HONORARY ADVISORS JOSEPH W. BARR JOHN R BLOCK CHARLES F BRANNAN HAROLD BROWN EARL L. BUTZ FREDERICK B. DENT C. DOUGLAS DILLON ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ALEXA DER M. HAIG, JR. CLIFFORD M. HARDIN HENRY A. KISSINGER G. WILLIAM MILLER DONALD H. RUMSFELD DEAN RUSK GEORGE P. SHULTZ INAUGURAL MEETING CYRUS VANCE DIRECTORS DAVID C. ACHESON October 2-3, 1991 DWAYNE 0. ANDREAS BOB BERGLAND The Grand Hotel SAMUEL E. BUNKER JOHN L. CALDWELL Washington, DC WILLIE CAMPBELL W. HOODING CARTER Ill HARLAN CLEVELAND ESTHER COOPERSMITH THOMAS A. DINE RALPH P HOFSTAD J. ALLAN HOVEY, JR MARY BARDEN KEEGAN AGENDA PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK JUANITA M. KREPS CAROL C. LAISE JAMES F. LEO ARD SOL tv. LINOWITZ* C. PAYNE LUCAS RICHARD E. LYNG GALE W. MCGEE DO ALD F. MCHENRY JOHN M. MYRAH DAVID ROCKEFELLER KENNETH RUSH ROBERT D SCHERER RAYMOND P SHAFER DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY 'J/I LLIAM E SIMON MAE SUE TALLEY The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) 01ganization. ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE *Member, Executive Committee Page 63 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT October 2-3, 1991 THE GRAND HOTEL 24th & M Street, NW - Washington, DC (202) 429-0100 AGENDA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 5:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception and Registration to 7:30 p.m. John R. Block (Ballroom Assembly) Chairman, U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development John H . Costello President, Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 7:45 a.m. Registration/Coffee Room 5 8:15 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Overview of the U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development John H. Costello President, Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introduction John R. Block Chairman, U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development President, National American Wholesale Grocers Association Former U.S . Secretary of Agriculture 8:40 a.m. A Foreign Policy Climate Responsive to U.S. International Business Interests Senator Robert Dole Republican Leader, U.S. Senate 9:20 a.m. Looking East: The Baltics and the Soviet Republics, the U.S. Role in the Privatization of their Economies Congressman E (Kika) de la Garza Chairman, House Agriculture Committee, U.S. House of Representatives 10:00 a.m. Private Business Development in the Emerging Economies Dr. Ronald W. Ros kens Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development 1 Page 64 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu 10:30 a.m. Coffee 10:45 a.m. Policy Dialogue: The United States Public and Private Sector Partnership (Room 5) in the Privatization of the Economies of Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Soviet Republics Panel 1: The U.S. Government Approach: "An Overview of Policies and Programs Supporting the Development of Market Economies." Which agencies are implementing programs? What is being done? Which programs support private sector participation? Panel Chairman: Thomas J. Duesterberg Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy U.S. Department of Commerce David Merrill Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and the Near East Agency for International Development A. Tom Pomeroy Coordinator, Eastern European & Soviet Secretariat Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 12:00 Noon Buffet Working Lunch (Room 5) 12:30 p.m. Panel 2: The U.S. Agribusiness Response: "A Reaction to Current Policies (Room 5) and Programs and Recommendations for the Future." Are U.S. government laws, policies and programs responsive to U.S. business interests? Are private sector trade and investment a high priority for the U. S. government? Panel Chairman: Carol Brookins President, World Perspectives, Inc. Nick Hein Vice President, Commercial, DowElanco Ralph Hofstad Hofstad Consultants Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Land O'Lakes Randal C. Teague Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 2 Page 65 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu 1:45 p.m. Concurrent Workshops, Session I (choose one of three) In-depth, country-specific discussions on the investment climate in: Room 2 • Bulgaria Moderator: Ronald Utt Vice President, National Chamber Foundation Co-Director, Bulgarian Economic Growth and Transition Project Ognian Pishev Ambassador to the U.S., Embassy of Bulgaria Vladimir Ossenov First Secretary, Scientific and Technological Affairs Embassy of Bulgaria William E. Klawonn Attorney, Stewart & Stewart Counsel, Bulgarian Economic Growth and Transition Project Room 5 • Poland Moderator: Robert W. Larson Consultant-Principal, LARAMCO George Hoffman Vice President, Purchasing, Burger King Corporation J erzy Strebski Economic Attache, Embassy of Poland Jacek Tomorowicz Minister-Counselor, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Poland Francis J. Skrobiszewski Vice President, Polish-American Enterprise Fund Room 3 •Hungary Moderator: Norman A. Braksick President, Asgrow Seed Company/The Upjohn Company Bob Rickert Director, International Financial Services, Ralston Purina International Bob Lawrence Consultant, Valmont Industries Tibor Nemes Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary Ric Francke Investment Officer, Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund 3 Page 66 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu 2:45 p.m. Coffee 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops, Session II (choose one) Room 5 • American Enterprise Funds for Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and the Czech and Slovak Republic: What are they? How do they operate? How much has the U.S. government invested? How can they be utilized by American agribusiness? Should the role of Enterprise Funds be expanded? Moderator: John R. Petty Chairman, Czech Slovak American Enterprise Fund Francis J. Skrobiszewski Vice President, Polish-American Enterprise Fund Ric Francke Investment Officer, Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund Room 3 • Business Models: Current case studies from U.S. companies, including counter-trade, currency issues, project financing and joint ventures. Moderator: Bob Rickert Director, International Financial Services, Ralston Purina International Mike A. Pawluk Manager, World Trade, Pepsi-Cola International Robert W. Larson Consultant-Principal, LARAMCO Bob Lawrence Consultant, Valmont Industries Ralph Hofstad Hofstad Consultants Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Land O'Lakes 4:00 p.m. The Future of the U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development: trade (Room 5) and development missions to Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary in 1992; policy recommendations; steps toward continuing the dialogue. John H. Costello President, Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs E. Morgan Williams Senior Advisor, Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs 4:30 p.m. Adjournment 4 Page 67 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu The U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development is a program of the Citizens Net work for Foreign Affairs to facilitate U.S. agribusiness participation in the development of market based economies around the world. The initial focus of the Forum will be on the economies of Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltics, and the Soviet Republics. The Forum will also review and make recommendations concerning U.S. government laws, policies and programs affecting U.S. private sector business participation in the development of markets, private enterprise, and democracy around the world. John R. Block, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, serves as the Chairman of the Forum. John H. Costello is President of the Citizens Network. E. Morgan Williams, Senior Advisor to the Citizens Network, serves as Executive Director of the Forum's meetings and activities. Initial funding for the Forum has been provided by the Agency for International Development (USAID). The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs is a bipartisan public education and public policy organization which aims to: • Engage U.S. private sector leaders and policymakers in a dialogue on America's growing stake in promoting global economic growth, particularly in the emerging economies; • Develop a network of leaders in agriculture, agribusiness, banking, industry, and trade that recognizes and supports America's increasing stake in the world economy; • Create a foreign policy climate in the United States that is more responsive to U.S. international economic interests; and • Build a more collaborative partnership between the public and private sectors -- a partnership that can better promote trade, investment, and growth in the emerging economies. 5 Page 68 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT A Program of the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Companies and Associations Represented Ag Processing, Inc. Dole Food Company American Breeders Service Dole Fresh Fruit Company American Cyanamid Company DowElanco American Farm Bureau Federation DPRA, Inc. American Meat Institute Farmland Industries American Seed Trade Association FMC Corporation American Sheep Industry Association Food Marketing Institute American Soybean Association Food Processing Machinery & Supplies Association Apple Processors' Association Garden City Cooperative Archer-Daniels-Midland GROWMARK, Inc. Asgrow Seed Company Harvest States Cooperatives Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Inland Products Burger King Corporation International Apple Institute Carnation Land O'Lakes Central Soya LARAMCO Chicago Mercantile Exchange Louis Dreyfus Corporation ConAgra, Inc. McDonald's Corporation Continental Grain Company Monsanto Company Countrymark Cooperative, Inc. National American Export Grain Association Deere & Company National American Wholesale Grocers Del Monte - USA Association 1 Page 69 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Companies and Associations Represented - Continued - National Association of Wheat Growers Valmont Industries, Inc. National Cattlemen's Association Wheat Export Trade Education Committee National Com Growers Association W. R. Grace, Inc. National Food Processors Association National Pork Producers Council National Renderers Association Nationwide Insurance Nestle' USA Ohioans for Fair Trade PepsiCola International Pfizer, Inc. RJR/Nabisco Ralston Purina International Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. SmithKline Beecham Animal Health Southern Touch Foods Sparks Companies Sunkist Growers, Inc. The Upjohn Company 21st Century Genetics U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Feed Grains Council 2 Page 70 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu U.S. AGRICULTURE FORUM ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT October 2-3, 1991 Washington, DC PARTICIPANTS Tom Albrecht Kent Brady Vice President-Purchasing Director, International Market Development McDonald's Corporation National Renderers Association Claude D. Alexander Norman A. Braksick Director, Government Affairs President, Asgrow Seed Company Ralston Purina Company The Upjohn Company Mark Andrews Joseph L. Brand Chairman Counsel Andrews' Associates, Inc. Dole Fresh Fruit Company Patton, Boggs and Blow Gary Baas President David L. Brinkley Inland Products Co., Inc. International Operations Director, Business Development John Balis SmithKline Beecham Animal Health Senior Agribusiness Specialist Bureau for Europe & the Near East Carol Brookins Agency for International Development President World Perspectives, Inc. Jacqueline Balk-Tusa President John R. Cady Andrews' Associates, Inc. President National Food Processors Association Igor P. Basos Commercial Counsellor Alan Caldwell Deputy Trade Representative Director, Federal Government Affairs Trade Representation of the USSR in the USA RJR/Nabisco, Inc. Del Monte - USA Boyd Bishop President Tom Campbell Bishop Associates Manager, Government Relations DowElanco John R. Block Chairman, U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Wallace J. Campbell Development President Emeritus, CARE President, National American Wholesale Grocers Executive Committee Member Association Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture 1 Page 71 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Martha M. Cashman Thomas J. Duesterberg Vice President, International Development Assistant Secretary for International Economic Land 'O Lakes Policy U.S. Department of Commerce Philip L. Christenson Consultant Xavier Equihua U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Assistant to the Chairman U.S. House Agriculture Committee George L. Clarke Consultant Erick Erickson Carnation Director of International Operations/Eastern Manning, Selvage & Lee Europe/USSR U.S. Feed Grains Council Mark S. Condon Vice President, International Marketing Karen Fegley American Seed Trade Association Director Wheat Export Trade Education Committee Michael J. Copps Senior Vice President Deborah A. Fischione American Meat Institute Vice President, Government Relations Chicago Mercantile Exchange John H. Costello President Nancy Foster Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Vice President, Public Affairs American Soybean Association William Craddock Chief - Business, Finance & Investment Rebecca Frailey Bureau for Europe and the Near East Assistant to Vice President, Government Affairs Agency for International Development Continental Grain Company Cong. E (Kika) de la Garza Ric Francke Chairman, Agriculture Committee Investment Officer U.S. House of Representatives Hungarian American Enterprise Fund Chester T. Dickerson, Jr. Chris Galen Director, Agricultural Affairs Director of Media Operations Monsanto Company National American Wholesale Grocers Association Senator Robert Dole Robert Hampton Republican Leader Agricultural Trade Consultant U.S. Senate Keith Heard Dean Dort Executive Vice President Washington Counsel National Corn Growers Association Deere & Company Nick Hein Vice President, Commercial DowElanco 2 Page 72 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu William A. Hewitt Hal Kosiba Former Chairman, Deere & Company Director of Programs Former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Laura H. Hills A. W. Kremer, Jr. Counsel, Dole Fresh Fruit Company Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Patton, Boggs and Blow Partner, International Trade George Hoffman Tina Kroll Vice President, Purchasing Administrative Assistant Burger King Corporation American Cyanamid Company Ralph Hofstad Robert W. Larson Hofstad Consultants Consultant - Principal Former President and Chief Executive Officer LARAMCO Land O'Lakes Bob Lawrence H. Phillip Hubbard Consultant Director, Office of International Business Valmont Industries, Inc. Development Agency for International Development David C. Lyons Vice President for Government Relations Thad Jackson Louis Dreyfus Corporation Director of Issue Management Nestle' USA, Inc. William T. Manley Agricultural Economist Michael J. Johnson Sunkist Growers, Inc. Vice President, International Affairs FMC Corporation Steven A. McCoy President Margaret Judson North American Export Grain Association American Sheep Industry Association Meyers & Associates Ingrid McKenzie International Staff Assistant Paul Karody Central and Eastern Europe Vice President, Government Affairs U.S. Chamber of Commerce ConAgra, Inc. George Melnykovich William S. Kies, Jr. President Senior Vice President Food Processing Machinery & Supplies Marketing & Field Services Association Food Marketing Institute David Merrill William E. Klawonn Deputy Assistant Administrator Attorney Bureau for Europe and the Near East Stewart & Stewart Agency for International Development Counsel, Bulgarian Economic Growth and Transition Project 3 Page 73 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Peter Mishek Stewart K. Owens Vice President, Eastern Europe Group Vice President Cooperative Trade and Business Development Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Center 21st Century Genetics Charles Palmer Ag Processing, Inc. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North America Countrymark Cooperatives, Inc. Dole Food Company Farmland Industries Land O'Lakes Mike A. Pawluk Nationwide Insurance Manager, World Trade National Cooperative Business Assn Pepsi-Cola International Cooperative Development Foundation John R. Petty Otis Molz Chairman President Czech-Slovak American Enterprise Fund Garden City Cooperative Sherrye Phillips Sally H. Montgomery Director, Public Affairs Deputy Assistant Administrator North American Export Grain Association Private and Voluntary Cooperation Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary Ognian Pishev Assistance Ambassador to the United States Agency for International Development Embassy of Bulgaria Priscilla N. Myerson Tom Pomeroy Associate Director, Government Marketing Coordinator, Eastern European & Soviet W.R. Grace Secretariat American Breeders Service Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Tibor Nemes Commercial Counsellor Arthur Lee Quinn Embassy of the Republic of Hungary Consultant Southern Touch Foods Robert C. Nooter Assistant Director, National Affairs Gerald G. Red I in American Farm Bureau Federation Secretary - Treasurer Harvest States Cooperatives Vladimir Ossenov First Secretary Scientific and Technological Affairs Jack Reed Embassy of Bulgaria Vice President, International Archer Daniels Midland Nina Oviedo Counsel, Tax and Trade Bob Rickert Office of the Republican Leader Director of International Financial Services U.S. Senate Ralston Purina International 4 Page 74 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Diane Rosenbaum Marianne Stout Senior Program Officer International Trade Specialist Citizens Democracy Corps Office of Trade Development U.S. Department of Commerce Ronald W. Roskens Administrator J erzy Strebski Agency for International Development Economic Attache Embassy of Poland Robert D. Scherer President and Chief Executive Officer Al Tank National Cooperative Business Association Director of Foreign Trade Cooperative Business International National Pork Producers Council Loren L. Schulze Randal C. Teague Special Assistant to the Director Counsel Office of Agriculture Inland Products Bureau for Science & Technology Ohioans for Fair Trade Agency for International Development Vorys, Sater, Seymour, Pease Carl Schwensen Ellen Terpstra Executive Vice President President National Association of Wheat Growers International Apple Institute Samuel W. Shoen David Thomas Private Sector Advisor Special Assistant to the Director Africa Bureau The Peace Corps Agency for International Development Jacek Tomorowicz Francis J. Skrobiszewski Minister-Counselor, Economic Affairs Vice President Embassy of Poland Polish-American Enterprise Fund Ann Tutwiler Jim Snell Director, Agribusiness Policy Agricultural Economist Central Soya Bureau for Europe and the Near East Agency for International Development Dr. Ronald Utt Vice President, National Chamber Foundation Alan Sobba Co-Director, Bulgarian Economic Growth and Director, Tax and Trade Transition Project National Cattlemen's Association Jerry Waters Martin Sorkin Washington Representative, Government Relations Economic Consultant Farmland Industries William A. Staempfli Glenn Webb Vice President, Country Operations President and Chairman Animal Health Group GROWMARK, Inc. Pfizer Inc. s Page 75 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Thomas Weihe Vice President, International Inland Products, Inc. Daren Williams Director of Communications Apple Processors' Association Agri/W ashington E. Morgan Williams Senior Advisor Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Joel C. Williams, Jr. Vice President, Corporate Affairs Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. Harry Wing Deputy Director, Private and Voluntary Cooperation - Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary Assistance Agency for International Development Donald Wissman Chairman DPRA, Inc. 6 Page 76 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu JOHN R. BLOCK John Block is the President of the National American Wholesale Grocers' Association (NAWGA). He served as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture under President Reagan. As a member of the Reagan Cabinet, Mr. Block was a key member of the Economic Policy Council. He served as President of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, chaired the Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture, and served on the Trade Policy Committee. Prior to that, he served for four years as Director of Agriculture for the State of Illinois. Mr. Block serves on the Deere and Company Board of Directors, the Farm Foundation, Rochester Tel, Arcadian Corp., and the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation's Board. He is a member of the Citizens Democracy Corps and the Atlantic Council of the United States and is a trustee of Bradley University of Peoria, Illinois. NORMAN A. BRAKSICK Norm Braksick is President, Asgrow Seed Company and Vice President, Agricultural Division, The Upjohn Company. He joined Upjohn in 1961 as a Veterinary Sales Representative. He then served as West Central District Manager; Midsouth District Manager; and Western Regional Manager for Veterinary Sales. He then assumed responsibility for Veterinary and TUCO Animal Health Sales and was then promoted to National Sales Manager for Veterinary Sales. He later became Director of Agricultural Marketing and then Executive Director of U.S. and Canadian Animal Health Operations. Mr. Braksick is a member of the AFIA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. In addition, he has served two times as the Chairman of The Upjohn Company's United Way Campaign. CAROL BROOKINS Carol Brookins is President and Chief Executive Officer of World Perspectives, Incorporated. She founded World Perspectives after seven years as a vice president in the Commodities Department of E.F. Hutton and Co., New York. Previously, Ms. Brookins was Chairman of the Department of State's private sector Advisory Committee on Food, Hunger, and Agriculture in Developing Countries. She has been a member of the U.S. National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation since 1988, and was appointed by President Bush to membership in the President's Export Council in 1990. She also serves in an advisory capacity to several corporate boards. Ms. Brookins has authored articles for several publications on international trade and U. S ./Soviet relations. Page 77 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu JOHN H. COSTELLO John H. Costello is President of the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs. He began his career in marketing and management with the Eastman Kodak Corporation and has occupied a number of senior project and management executive positions. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Helen Keller International, a major U.S.-based private voluntary organization, as well as one of the founders of InterAction, the principal association of U.S. non-governmental organizations concerned with international development and economic assistance. Mr. Costello has served as a consultant to a number of governments and international organizations and was named this year as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid of the U.S. Agency for International Development. E (KIKA) DE LA GARZA Congressman de la Garza was elected to the 89th Congress in 1964 and has represented Texas' 15th District ever since. He has served on a number of committees in the House, but has maintained the Committee on Agriculture as his principal area of interest. He was elected Chairman of that committee in 1981. He has worked on a broad range of issues of concern to his district and the nation, including his work to promote better U.S.-Mexico relations. In 1979 he won the order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor which Mexico bestows on individuals from other countries, for his efforts in enhancing better understanding between the two neighbors. Recently he was given another honor when the Hispanic Caucus of the U.S. Congress elected him their Chairman. Congressman de la Garza is also Chairman of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group of the U.S. Congress. ROBERT DOLE Senator Bob Dole is the Republican Leader of the U.S. Senate. He has been the Senate Majority Leader, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a two-time candidate for President, his party's nominee for Vice President, a member of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Republican Party, a state legislator, and a county attorney. Senator Dole is currently serving his fourth term as the Senate Republican Leader. THOMAS J. DUESTERBERG Thomas Duesterberg was appointed by President George Bush in 1989 to be Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy. Mr. Duesterberg was previously Director of Transition Operations for Vice President Quayle. Prior to that, he served as Administrative Assistant and Legislative Assistant for Senator Quayle. He has been a senior research analyst for International Business Service, Inc. In addition, he has served as an associate instructor in the History Department at Stanford University and a teaching assistant in the History Department at Indiana University. Page 78 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu FREDERIC B. FRANCKE Ric Francke has an extensive background in international banking and finance. Currently he is an investment officer with the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund. Prior to joining the Fund, he spent fourteen years at the Chemical Bank, New York, where he served as Vice President, Energy & Minerals Division. Mr. Francke has also worked for a Washington based investment firm prior to his work at the Fund. N.D. "NICK" HEIN Nick Hein is Vice President at DowElanco and has global commercial responsibility for existing and developmental agricultural products. Mr. Hein joined Dow Chemical in 1968 during which time he has served as a product marketing manager, the District Sales Manager, Sales Manager for the East Asia Region of Dow Pacific, and General Manager of the region. In addition, he was the Director of Government Relations and Pulic Affairs in the Ag Products Department and later was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for North American Agricultural Products of Dow Chemical. With the formation of DowElanco in 1990, he was named Commercial Director for Ag Crops North America until he assumed his position. GEORGE H. HOFFMAN George Hoffman is Vice President, Purchasing for the Burger King Corporation. In this position he is responsible for the planning and implementation of national supply management and purchasing programs to ensure the continuity of supply of competitively priced, quality food; packaging; restaurant equipment; and premium items for the Burger King System. Before joining Burger King, Mr. Hoffman held the positions of Director of Business and Commodity Analysis for The Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Associate Administrator and Economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service in Washington, D.C.; and Research Associate at the University of Minnesota. WILLIAM E. KLA WONN William Klawonn is the Senior Associate for Stewart & Stewart, assisting small and medium U.S. businesses in international transactions. Prior to this position, he served as a research associate for the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, East-West Law and Economics Section and as an assistant for the German Ministry of Justice, Business and Trade Law Divisions. In addition, he received the Young American Leadership Fellowship from the Robert Bosch Foundation. He has been admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, Pennsylvania Bar and the bar of the United States Court of International Trade. Page 79 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu ROBERT W. LARSON Robert Larson is a member of the Polish/ American Economic Council and Agricultural Committee and is actively working on Polish trade and financing projects with Laramco. He founded the Larson Mortgage Company in 1958 and was with the company until he retired in 1982. In 1981, he became the Court-appointed Trustee of the bankrupt multi-state Kennedy Mortgage Company where he received state and national recognition for the effective and efficient stabilization of this company. He is the former President and member of the Board of Governors of the Mortgage Banking Association of New Jersey; member of the Federal National Mortgage Association Advisory Board; member of the Cornell University Founders Club, Tower Club, University Council as well as being an advisor to the Cornell Real Estate Council. LLOYD R. (BOB) IA WERENCE Bob Lawerence is President of Bob Lawerence & Associates, a government relations and marketing firm. From 1979 until he founded his own firm, he was the Director of Mechanical Technology Incorporated, a high technology corporation, where he later became Vice President. Prior to 1979, he was an R&D program manager with the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Program Manager for Energy Conversion Research within the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. While in the Air Force, he was the Air Force Nominee for America's Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year. After leaving the Air Force in 1975, he became the Director of Energy Conservation Research at the Gas Research Institute (GRI). As a GRI executive, he represented the Gas Industry's end-use R&D interests in testimony before the U.S. Congress. DAVID N. MERRILL David Merrill is Deputy Assistant Administrator, AID's Bureau for Europe in which the Bureau's main charge is to manage the $400 million assistance to Eastern Europe. Mr. Merrill joined AID in 1966 and during his career with AID, he has served as Mission Director in Indonesia, Director of East Asia Affairs, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, AID Representative to Burma, and Congressional Liaison Officer. He has also served in Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia. As a career AID Foreign Service Officer, Class of Minister-Counselor, he is a recipient of AID's Distinguished Honor Award and the President's Meritorious Service Award. Page 80 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu TIBOR NEMES Dr. Tibor Nemes is the Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary. He has served as the Deputy Managing Director and as Managing Director, Hungarofruct Trading Company. Prior to that, he was the Head of the U.K. Operation of Hungarofruct Budapest. In addition, Dr. Nemes is the Chairman of the Hungarian Fruit Grower's and Processor's Association; President of the Canadian Section of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce; and a member of other professional associations. VLADIMIR OSSENOV Vladimir Ossenov has been the First Secretary for Science and Technology for Bulgaria since 1989. Since 1985 Mr. Ossenov has been Program Manager and Senior Program Manager with the international departments of the State Committee for Science and Technical Progress, the Committee for Research and Technology and the Ministry for Economics and Planning. Previously, he was Director of the City Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity. Prior to that, Mr. Ossenov worked at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. MIKE A. PAWLUK Mike Pawluk is the Manager for World Trade of Pepsi-Cola International where he is the responsible for the reciprocal business development for the People's Republic of China, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Prior to this position, he served as the Manager of Offset Programs in the People's Republic of China and Korea for Grumman. Previously he was with Westinghouse and General Electric where he was in the area of sales, marketing and trade development. OGNIAN PISHEV Ambassador Ognian Pishev has been the Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States since 1990. He is also a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President of Bulgaria. Dr. Pishev has served as an economic advisor and author of the Economic Program of the Opposition Union of Democratic Forces (UDP). Previously the Ambassador was the Department Manager for Marketing Research at the Institute for Integrated Communications and Automated Systems. Prior to that, he worked at the Center for Foreign Trade and various research institutions of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The Ambassador has also published articles on market reform and privatization in Eastern Europe; international trade and finance; and general problems of international economics. Page 81 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THOMAS POMEROY Thomas Pomeroy is the Coordinator for the Secretariat for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the Foreign Agricultural Service of USDA. Mr. Pomeroy joined USDA in 1979 as an Agricultural Marketing Specialist and helped to design GSM-102, USDA's major export financing program. Subsequently, he was an FAS attache in the U.S. Mission to the European Community in Brussels, Belgium; Agricultural Trade Officer in Tunis, Tunisia; and Agricultural Counselor in Lagos, Nigeria. Prior to joining FAS, he served in the Peace Corps as a volunteer management advisor to an agricultural marketing cooperative and as an International Economist for the Office of the Trade Agreements, U.S. International Trade Commission. BOB RICKERT Bob Rickert is Director of International Financial Services for Ralston Purina International. He is responsible for the treasury functions as well as the financial services' support activities Ralston Purina International provides to its dealer organization. Ralston Purina International, through its financial services' managers around the world, provide business management consulting services to its network of 3700 dealers in twenty foreign countries. Mr. Rickert has worked for Ralston Purina for sixteen years in various finance functions and has been in the International Division for nine years. RONALD W. ROSKENS President Bush nominated and the Senate confirmed Dr. Ronald W. Roskens as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) in 1990. Dr. Roskens has served for thirty years in administration, teaching and research that began when he was a professor at Kent State University and culminated in his appointment as President of the University of Nebraska. He has served as Chairman of the American Council on Education, as President of the Association of Urban Universities, as a trustee of the Harry S. Truman Institute, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the ENRON Corporation and of the Guarantee Mutual Life Company. FRANCIS J. SKROBISZEWSKI Francis Skrobiszewski is Vice President of the Polish-American Enterprise Fund. Prior to this position, Mr. Skrobiszewski served as an advisor on Eastern European affairs and government operations. He has served on high-level task forces for the President's Council on Management Improvement and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, receiving two Bronze Medals for his performance. He also was Vice President of a crisis communications firm and previously a deputy director of a research institute analyzing media coverage of business and economic affairs. Mr. Skrobizewski has served as legal counsel to Bank of America and as Secretary of the American Bar Association of International Law and Practice. Page 82 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu RANDAL C. TEAGUE Randal Teague is a Partner in the Washington office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease. Previously he served with the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as with the Office of Economic Opportunity. Mr. Teague served as administrative assistant and legislative counsel to Representative Jack F. Kemp of New York. He later joined the Boston-headquartered Cabot Corporation as corporate attorney and later as division counsel within its international performance chemicals group. In addition, Mr. Teague is the former Chairman of the Agency for International Development's Advisory Committee for Voluntary Foreign Aid, a trustee of the Agricultural College of the Humid Tropics Region in Costa Rica, a director of the Air Force Academy Foundation in Colorado Springs, and President of the International Exchange Council. He is also General Counsel to and a director of The Fund for American Studies and that Fund's Institute on Political Journalism and its Bryce N. Harlow Institute on Business and Government Affairs at Georgetown University. JACEK TOMOROWICZ Jacek Tomorowicz has been the Director of the World Economy Department in the Central Office of Planning for the Embassy of the Republic of Poland since 1989. From 1968 to 1989, he served as a system analyst, Chief Specialist in the Economic Analysis Department, and Adviser to the Chairman of the Planning Commission for the Council of Ministers. During his tenure with the Commission, he was responsible for the economic analyses for the Government, Parliament, and other official agencies, as well as the international economic relations with the IMF and World Bank. Mr. Tomorowicz is the Senior Economic Adviser to the Economic Commission for Europe Governments and is a member of the Polish delegation negotiating agreements with the Paris Club and London Club. His publications include articles on Polish debt as well as on national and international economics. RONALD D. UIT Dr. Ronald Utt serves as the Vice President for the National Chamber Foundation. Prior to this, Dr. Utt was the John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy at the Heritage Foundation and before that the Associate Director for Privatization at the Office of Management and Budget. He has also served as Deputy Chief Economist for Economic Policy at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. In addition, Dr. Utt has served as editor of various journals and is frequently quoted in leading publications on economic and business issues. Page 83 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu E. MORGAN WILLIAMS Morgan Williams is Senior Advisor to the Citizens Network and serves as Executive Director of the U.S. Agriculture Forum on Trade and Development. He has worked in agriculture, agri-business and international development for over 30 years. He has served as State Director of the Kansas Farmers Home Administration, USDA; as a member of the professional staff of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee for Senator Bob Dole; and as President and CEO of the National Cooperation Business Association. In addition, he was the founder of Cooperative Business International. Mr. Williams has served on the board of many national and international organizations including the International Cooperative Alliance, National Cooperative Bank and the Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance. In addition, he was Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid for USAID for six years. Page 84 of 85 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu '1 Page 85 of 85