12/04 12:06P (DJ) DJ Dem Sens Urge China To Drop Trade Barriers Vs Harley
Davidson
Story 5420 (HOG, I/AUT, I/XDJGI, I/XFFX, I/XISL, I/XNYA, I/XSP5, G/CNG...)
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Democratic senators from states home to
Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG) production facilities are urging the Bush
administration to press China to drop trade barriers for U.S.-made motorcycles
during meetings next week.
Four senators, in a letter dated Friday, said U.S. Trade Representative
Susan Schwab and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez should bring up
motorcycle trade during trade meetings in Beijing next week.
"With the (Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade) JCCT, there is a real
opportunity for the Chinese government to demonstrate that trade with China
can be a two-way street," Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Robert Casey, D-Pa., Herb
Kohl, D-Wis., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said in the letter.
Harley Davidson's exclusion from the Chinese market affects over 8,500
workers in the four states represented by the senators, they said.
-By Elizabeth Price, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9295;
Elizabeth.Price@dowjones.com
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