Field Investigation on China's Impact on the U.S. Manufacturing Base

Friday, January 30, 2004

AGENDA

OPENING REMARKS

• OPENING STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER GEORGE BECKER
• OPENING STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN ROGER W. ROBINSON, JR.

Congressional Perspectives

• Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)
• Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
• Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC)

Panel I: Textiles/Apparel

• Norman H. Chapman, Executive Vice President Inman Mills(Remarks)
• Sarah Y. Friedman, Executive Director of the SEAMS Association
• Larry Crolley, President  of Craig Industries
• Harris L. Raynor, Regional Director of the Southern Region, Vice President Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
• Smyth McKissick, Alice Manufacturing, Representing the American Textile Manufacturing Institute (Remarks)

Panel II: Steel

• Bob Johns, Marketing Director, Nucor Corp.
• Timothy J. Dillon Sr. Vice President, Commercial Georgetown Steel Company LLC(Remarks)
• Larry Murray, United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

Panel III: Trends in Trade and South Carolina Manufacturing

• Lewis F. Gossett, President, South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA)
• Donna DeWitt, President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
• Kenneth Riley, President, International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1422
• Jon T. McClure, Founder, President and CEO, ISO Poly Films. (Remarks)
• Mr. J. Richard Dillard, Jr. Director of Public Affairs, Milliken & Company (Remarks)

Panel IV: Community Impact

• Jack Hutchison, Economic Development Coordinator, Georgetown County Economic Development Commission
• Allen Burns, Director of Planning and Development, Georgetown County Economic Development Commission
• Evans Tindal, Director of Operations, Cheraw Yarns Mill
• State Senator Larry Martin(R-SC)

Additional Material Supplied

• Daniel R. Dimicco, VICE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Nucor Corporation U.S. Rep. John M. Spratt, Jr (Remarks)
• How Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturers Compare: by Urs Buehlmann, Matthew Bumgardner, Al Schuler & Rich Christianson
• Identifying Future Competitive Business Strategies for the U.S. Residential Wood Furniture Industry: Albert Schuler & Urs Buehlmann
• How Can the U.S. Wood Products Industry Compete? by Urs Buehlmann, Matthew Bumgardner, Al Schuler & Rich Christianson