{"abstract":"Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U. S. Trade Deficit Review Commission. Name: Murray Weidenbaum, Chairman of the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission The Commission is mandated to report to the Congress and the President on the causes, consequences, and solutions to the U. S. trade deficit. The purpose of this public hearing is to take testimony on (1) agricultural trade: its importance, opportunities, obstacles, and challenges for U.S. farmers and rural communities as well as its impacts; (2) U.S.-Canada trade issues; and (3) international trade for small businesses in the United States: its importance, opportunities, challenges and impacts. Witnesses will also be invited to propose policy changes. Confirmed witnesses include Governor Mel Carnahan of Missouri and Governor Bill Graves of Kansas; Dr. Thomas M. Hoenig, President, and Dr. Alan Barkema, Vice President, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Leland Swenson, President of the National Farmers Union; Daniel Amstutz, President of the North American Export Grain Association; Roger Johnson, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner; Professors Neil Harl and Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University; Professor Susan Feinberg, University of Maryland; and Professor Peter K. Kresl, Bucknell University.","action":"Notice of open public hearing.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION","name":"U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission","id":504,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-trade-deficit-review-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/504","parent_id":null,"slug":"u-s-trade-deficit-review-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/04/10/00-8743.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 19043","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-8743","effective_on":null,"end_page":19044,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/04/10/00-8743.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/04/10/00-8743/notice-of-open-public-hearing","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-8743?publication_date=2000-04-10","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-04-10/00-8743/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":43,"last_updated":"2026-04-17 16:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-04-10/pdf/00-8743.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-04-10","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/04/10/00-8743.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":19043,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice of Open Public Hearing","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":65}