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ALGERIA OR EVEN LONDON WHILE THERE IS A CLEAR SHORTAGE OF 

 PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES IN CHINA, THE FORMER STATES OF THE 

 SOVIET UNION AND MEXICO. AND EVEN THOUGH JAPAN ALREADY HAS 

 A LARGE NUMBER OF COOPERATOR OFHCES, THE POTENTIAL FOR 

 FURTHER GROWTH IN IMPORTS OF ALMOST ALL AGRICULTURAL 

 PRODUCTS--AGAIN BECAUSE OF IMPROVING MARKET ACCESS--(EXCEPT 

 PERHAPS BULK COMMODITIES), IS EXCELLENT. IN THIS SENSE, JAPAN IS 

 STILL A DEVELOPING MARKET. 



THE LACK OF PRIORITIES OVERSEAS SEEMS TO EXIST IN 

 FAS/WASHINGTON AS WELL. PERSONNEL WITHIN CERTAIN DIVISIONS 

 ARE OVERWORKED WHILE OTHERS ARE UNDERUTILIZED. FOR 

 EXAMPLE, WITHIN FAS, CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF GATT AND NAFTA ISSUES 

 HAS REMAINED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN THE DOMAIN OF THE 

 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY DIVISION. INPUT BY THE COMMODITY 

 DIVISIONS, WHICH CONTAIN DOZENS OF QUALIFIED COMMODITY 

 ANALYSTS, HAS BEEN MINIMAL TO NON-EXISTENT. IN ADDITION, 

 COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ANALYSIS AND MARKETING SIDES WITHIN 

 THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS WEAK. 



ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM APPEARS TO BE WORSENING. THE RED 

 MEAT INDUSTRY SEES NO BENEFITS OF FURTHER DILUTING THE WORK 



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