GLICKMAN NAMES U.S. MEMBERS TO NAFTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE

                                              Release No. 0013.97

                                     Carol Blake   (202) 720-8998
                                                  cblake@usda.gov
                                   Jerry Redding (202) 720-6959
                                              jredding@usda.gov

GLICKMAN NAMES U.S. MEMBERS TO NAFTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE

     WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 1997--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman today
named 10 members and 10 alternates to serve on the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) Advisory Committee for Commercial Dispute Resolution
Regarding Agricultural Goods. 

     Initially, the advisory committee will focus its attention on
addressing disputes for perishable fruits and vegetables.  Eventually, it
will work on disputes for other agricultural commodities the three member
countries trade.

     Consistent with NAFTA's Article 707, the committee has up to 30
members, 10 from each country.  Of each set of 10, eight members may be from
outside government and two from within the government.  All of the
representatives are to have interests in agriculture.

     Named as U.S. non-governmental representatives are: Daniel J. Coogan,
Tucson, Ariz.; Michael J. Machado, Linden, Calif.; Matthew M. McInerney,
Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Alan (Bud) R. Middaugh, Englewood, Colo.; Richard J.
Kinney, Zephyrhills, Fla.; Joseph G. Procacci, Naples, Fla.; Jerold W.
Ahrens, Kerrville, Texas; and L. Patrick Hanemann, Wenatchee, Wash.

     Their alternates are: Richard N. Matoian, Fresno, Calif.; Robert L.
Meyer, King City, Calif.; Reginald L. Brown, Oviedo, Fla.; Scottie J.
Butler, Gainesville, Fla.; Gerald (Gary) K. Ball, Rexburg, Idaho; Leonard F.
Timm, Lenexa, Kan.; Enrique E. Figueroa, Freeville, N.Y.; and Donald H.
Ahrens, Walworth, Wis.

     Named as U.S. government representatives are Kenneth C. Clayton and
Thomas A. Leming, AMS, USDA.  Their alternates are Robert C. Keeney and Lee
Riley Powell, AMS, USDA.

     The first meeting of the NAFTA Advisory Committee is scheduled for
Feb. 17-18 in Mazatlan, Mexico.

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