Economists Paul Krugman & C. Fred Bergsten, Industry Leaders Discuss Impact on U.S. Manufacturers, Solutions
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Washington – As President Obama recently noted, currency manipulation makes imports artificially cheap and inflates the prices of U.S. exports, placing U.S. manufacturers “at a huge competitive disadvantage.” These unfair trade practices by East Asian nations, especially China, will be the subject of an Economic Policy Institute (EPI) Forum, “Currency Manipulation: How Should the U.S. Respond?” on Friday, March 12.
Economists Paul Krugman and C. Fred Bergsten will join manufacturing business and labor leaders to discuss the impacts of currency manipulation and the policy changes needed to remedy the damage being done to U.S manufacturers and workers. RSVP below to attend in person.
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WHAT: Economic Policy Institute Forum on Currency Manipulation
WHEN: Friday, March 12, 2010, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
LIVE WEBCAST: Click this link to watch live:
http://www.epi.org/resources/event_20100312/
WHO:
Panel I: Impact of Chinese Currency Manipulation on U.S. Businesses and Workers
- Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
- Laurie S. Moncrieff, President, Adaptive Manufacturing Services and Schmald Tool & Dire, Inc.
- William J. Jones, Chairman, Cummins-Allison Corporation
- Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing (moderator)
Panel II: Chinese Currency Manipulation: The Case for Change in U.S. Policy
- Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate and New York Times columnist; Professor, Princeton University
- C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Robert E. Scott, Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute
- Bruce Stokes, international economics columnist, National Journal (moderator)
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Coffee and continental breakfast will be provided.
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