Dialog to discuss trade

JAKARTA (JP): A satellite transmitted dialog and seminar will discuss "Creating A Conducive Climate for Trade and Investment in the Era of APEC and the Post-Uruguay Round" at the Borobudur Inter-continental Hotel tomorrow.

The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI), the organizer of the seminar, said yesterday that Charlene Barshefky, deputy chairperson of the United States Trade Representative, will talk, via satellite, with Indonesian panelists Marzuki Usman, Rizal Ramli, Chamrul Djafri and Rudy Lengkong.

The dialog will be followed by a seminar on the same subject featuring U.S. speakers Jeffrey R. Shafer, assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs and Steven R. Saunders, president of Saunders & Company, an international consulting firm.

State Minister for Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo is expected to deliver a key-note speech at the seminar, which is organized in cooperation with the United States Information Service. (yns)