Press Release

UPDATED Media Advisory
Briefing Time Moved to 10:00 a.m.

For Immediate Release October 24, 2005

Contact: Eric Thomas The Fratelli Group (202) 822-9491

USTR Rob Portman to Speak at Launch of American Business Coalition for Doha
Leaders of U.S. Industry and Agriculture to Kick-Off Advocacy Effort October 25

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Business Coalition for Doha (ABCDoha) will formally launch during a press briefing attended by U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman and leaders of the U.S. business community.

ABCDoha represents a broad cross-section of major U.S. trade associations, large and small businesses, and agriculture groups dedicated to achieving an ambitious, balanced, and comprehensive outcome to the Doha Round in 2006.

WHO:	United States Trade Representative Rob Portman Representatives of American Business Coalition for Doha: John J. Castellani, President, Business Roundtable Thomas J. Donohue, President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce John Engler, President, National Association of Manufacturers
WHAT:	Press Briefing and Official Launch of ABCDoha
WHEN:	Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:00 a.m.
	NOTE NEW TIME
WHERE:	Room: Hemisphere A (13th Street Plaza Entrance, Concourse Level) Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C.
FORMAT:	Remarks followed by Q&A Broadcast press arrive by 9:30 a.m.

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