AEM hosts U.S. DoC Assistant Secretary at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008.
Press Release Summary:
Admiral Woody Sutton, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services, will join AEM at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008. Sutton will tour the show floor and meet with exhibiting companies at the Las Vegas show. AEM officials will discuss with him the challenges that equipment manufacturers face competing in world markets, and the importance of increased diligence to advance free trade agreements and other trade-friendly legislation.
Original Press Release:
AEM Hosts U.S. Commerce Dept. Manufacturing Head at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008
Free trade agreements on equipment manufacturing group agenda
Admiral Woody Sutton, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services, will join the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 will be held March 11-15, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA. It will be the largest trade exhibition held in North America in 2008. Sutton will tour the show floor and meet with exhibiting companies at the Las Vegas exhibition.
Sutton is charged with advancing the interests of the manufacturing and service sectors within the federal government. He took office in mid 2007. Key issues include fostering a strong economic environment, competiveness, open markets and enforcement of trade laws.
The Administration has signed three free trade agreements that are still awaiting Congressional approval: two for the Latin American countries of Colombia and Panama, and one with Korea, which is the United States' seventh largest trading partner.
"CONEXPO-CON/AGG is an ideal showcase for Assistant Secretary Sutton to become acquainted with the enormous size and scope of the construction equipment industry," noted AEM President Dennis Slater. "The show's 2000-plus exhibitors represent the full range of companies from multinational 'giants' to small start-up firms with a niche product or service."
AEM officials will discuss with Assistant Secretary Sutton the challenges that equipment manufacturers face competing in world markets, and the importance of increased diligence to advance free trade agreements and other trade-friendly legislation.
"Our industry's companies, from large to small, rely on exports to offset softness in domestic business, and the ability to trade freely across borders is more important than ever in today's economic climate," noted Slater. "Free trade agreements such as those now pending expand markets for our companies' products so they can keep factories running to support jobs and taxes in their communities."
AEM is the North American-based international business resource for the off-road equipment manufacturing industry (agricultural, construction, forestry, mining and utility). For more information contact AEM's Rich Jefferson (414-274-0655, rjefferson@aem.org).
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Association of Equipment Manufacturers
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