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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999
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** MEDIA ADVISORY **

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD

PUBLIC HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­ The Department of Justice's International Competition Policy Advisory Committee will hold a day of public hearings to hear testimony from representatives of trade associations, businesses, bar associations and other experts on issues of multijurisdictional merger review, the interface of trade and competition policy and international enforcement cooperation.

DATE: Thursday, April 22, 1999

TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (ET)

PLACE: The Center for Strategic and International Studies

B-1 Conference Center

Rooms B&C

1800 K Street, NW

Washington, D.C.

The Advisory Committee was established in November 1997 by Attorney General Janet Reno and Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, to provide advice relating to international competition policy.

The hearings are open to the public and press. For more information, please contact Andrew Shapiro at (202) 353-0012.

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