COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Barton, R. Derek, senior vice president, Underwriters Laboratory (UL)
Cymrot, Mark A., attorney, Washington office, Consumers Union.....
Denison, Ray, associate director, Department of Legislation, American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-
CIO)....

Falk, Bernard H., president, National Electrical Manufacturers Associ-
ation (NEMA)

Jager, Elizabeth, economist, research department, American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Johnson, Raymond E., general counsel, Electronics Industries Association
(EIA)

Kelly, William B., Assistant Special Representative (Trade Policy Staff
Committee), Office of Special Representative for Trade Negotiations,
Executive Office of the President...

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Levin, Peter R., chairman, International Trade Policy Committee, Elec-
tronics Industries Association (EIA).

44, 45

Peyton, Donald, executive vice president, American National Standards
Institute (ANSI).

32, 35

Strauss, Ambassador Robert S., Special Representative for Trade Negotia-
tions, Executive Office of the President.....

2

Wilson, Allen M., vice president-engineering, Electronics Industries Associ-
ation (EIA)

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Additional material submitted for the record by-

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO), attachments to Mr. Denison's prepared statement:
Appendix A-Technical barriers to trade (standards)

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Appendix B-Technical barriers to trade (standards) recommenda-
tions, recommended to the House Ways and Means Committee on
April 26, 1979......