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MEDIA ADVISORY |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT: Tita Freeman |
| July 10, 2006 |
(202) 496-3269 |
| WHAT: |
Business Roundtable will host a breakfast
where representatives of the business community will discuss
the need for prompt Congressional action to approve permanent
normal trade relations (PNTR) with Vietnam. With Vietnam
set to enter the WTO in October, and President Bush prepared
to visit Hanoi for the APEC Leaders Meeting in November,
PNTR is an economic and foreign policy necessity. Congress
must move forward immediately if PNTR is to be approved
in time to meet these important deadlines. |
| WHO: |
John J. Castellani, President, Business
Roundtable
Charly Madan, Citigroup Country Officer for Vietnam
Scott Miller, Director of Global Trade Policy, Procter
& Gamble
Virginia Foote, Sr. Vice President, US-ASEAN Business
Council |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, July 13
9:00-10:00 a.m. |
| WHERE: |
Business Roundtable
1717 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC
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| FORMAT: |
Business representatives will make informal
comments and then open for discussion. Breakfast will
be served. |
| RSVP: |
Please confirm your attendance in advance.
Contact: Susan Mora at smora@fratelli.com
or Nat Sillin at nsillin@fratelli.com
202-822-9491 |
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Business Roundtable (www.businessroundtable.org)
is an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S.
companies with over $4.5 trillion in annual revenues and more
than 10 million employees. Member companies comprise nearly
a third of the total value of the U.S. stock market and represent
nearly a third of all corporate income taxes paid to the federal
government. Collectively, they returned more than $110 billion
in dividends to shareholders and the economy in 2005.
Roundtable companies give more than $7 billion a year
in combined charitable contributions, representing nearly
60 percent of total corporate giving. They are technology
innovation leaders, with $86 billion in annual research and
development spending - nearly half of the total private R&D
spending in the U.S.
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