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products, with a 24-percent market share. During the Uruguay Round, the United States 



obtained significant concessions from Pacific Rim countries. The astonishing rates of 

 economic growth in many of these countries will result in tremendous food, feed, and 

 fiber demand. 



FAS Commitment to Strategic Planning 



In order to take full advantage of the positive factors I have outlined, FAS needs 

 to use all its tools in a concerted, maximally efficient way. To do this, stronger efforts at 

 strategic planning are key. Looking toward the year 2000 is appropriate in this planning 

 process. 



FAS and the Department have four strategic planning efforts that guide our 

 export efforts >nd shape our export policies: preparation of tne Department's Long-term 

 Agricultural Trade Strategy Report (LATS); the establishment and review of 

 performance standards to measure and account for progress made by each of our 

 programs, which we will do in conformity with the Government Performance and Results 

 Act; the Department's participation in the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee 

 (TPCC) planning discussions and delivery of services; and last, but certainly not least, the 

 consultation and cooperation involved in working with you and your colleagues in both 

 houses of Congress periodically draft new farm legislation 



Long-term Agricultural Trade Strategy Report (LATS) 



The LATS is a statutorily-mandated report intended "to guide the Secretary in the 

 implementation of Federal programs designed to promote the export of United States 



