UNITED STATES-CANADIAN AUTOMOBILE AGREEMENT U.S.-Coradian auto agreement/ HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 9042 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Boyett, Fred, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Customs, De- Connor, Hon. John T., Secretary of Commerce... Halfpenny, Harold T., counsel for the Automotive Service Industry As- Holder, Frederick C., director of Corporate Planning, American Motors Kendall, David W., vice president, legal affairs, Chrysler Corp Levine, Allan L., president, Automotive Service Industry Association Mann, Hon. Thomas C., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; accompanied by Philip H. Trezise, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eco- nomic Affairs, Department of State; Hon. John T. Connor, Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by Robert L. McNeill, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy, Department of Commerce; and Hon. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor - - McCauley, Alfred R., representing the Industrial Committee of Paducah, Middleton, Keith T., vice chairman, Antifriction Bearing Manufacturers Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin. 274 263 189 205 478 366 Secrest, Fred G., vice president and controller, Ford Motor Co... Trued, Merlyn N., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury_. Weinberg, Nat, director, special projects and economic analysis, United Wirtz, Hon. Willard, Secretary of Labor.__. 246 133, 311 Budd Co., The, telegram of R. J. Kalbfleisch, vice president, automotive 309 Committee for a National Trade Policy, Inc., Washington, D.C., state- 261 Kelsey Hayes Co., Romulus, Mich., telegram of W. G. Mac Donnell, to the 260 Ohio Rubber Co., The, Willoughby, Ohio, telegram of P. D. McManus, Rockwell Standard Corp., Detroit, Mich., telegram of R. G. Wingerter, Rubber Manufacturers Association, New York, N.Y., letter and enclosure of George A. White, secretary, molded and extruded products division, Wolverine Die Cast Corp., Detroit, Mich., telegram to the chairman_. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Page 309 260 "Big Three To Boost 1966 Car Prices," article in the Detroit News, Septem- Canadian-United States balance of trade (payments) for Chrysler Corp___ Distribution of the employment in selected motor vehicle metalworking Earnings and dividend distributions of the Canadian automotive manu- facturing subsidiaries of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, 1961-64_. 310 203 Memorandum regarding possible modifications by the Canadian Govern- ment of certain definitions incorporated by reference in annex A of the Profile of the North American automotive industry, prepared by the De- 125 Report on the bill from Ambassador William M. Roth, acting special rep- resentative for trade negotiations, Executive Office of the President... "UAW Urges Amendment to United States-Canadian Auto Trade Agree- 157 United States and Canada: Average hourly earnings of production workers in all manufacturing and in motor vehicle and equipment industries, UNITED STATES-CANADA AUTOMOBILE AGREEMENT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1965 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to recess, at 10 a.m., in room 2221, New Senate Office Building, Senator Harry Flood Byrd (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Byrd (presiding), Smathers, Douglas, Gore, Talmadge, Hartke, Carlson, Curtis, and Morton. Also present: Elizabeth B. Springer, chief clerk, and Thomas Vail, professional staff member. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony from both the administration and the general public on H.R. 9042, a bill which was introduced at the request of the administration to provide for the implementation of the agreement concerning automotive products between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada. I place in the record a copy of the bill and a copy of data relating to the bill compiled by the staff. (H.R. 9042 and data referred to follow :) [H.R. 9042, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] AN ACT To provide for the implementation of the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES SHORT TITLE SECTION 101. This Act may be cited as the "Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965". PURPOSES SEC. 102. The purposes of this Act are (1) to provide for the implementation of the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada signed on January 16, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), in order to strengthen the economic relations and expand trade in automotive products between the United States and Canada; and (2) to authorize the implementation of such other international agreements providing for the mutual reduction or elimination of duties applicable to automotive products as the Government of the United States may hereafter enter into. 1 |