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The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee report focused on 

 new priorities, improved coordination, the elimination of 

 overlap, increased coordination between trade policy and 

 marketing initiatives, the taking advantage of trade policy 

 created export opportunities, the need for priority driven 

 programs generated by a rigorous methodology, the identification 

 of the best industry program which reflect each agency's 

 comparative advantage in delivering priority export services. 



We know of no other government program that is as effective 

 in meeting the objectives set forth in the TPPC Report as the 

 cooperative FAS/industry export expansion program. Our 

 experience in Japan is an excellent, documented example of this 

 statement. 



The expanding opportunities for U.S. wood product exports 

 in japan provides an especially clear example of what can be 

 accomplished when market development activities and trade policy 

 initiatives are coordinated and targeted at a common objective. 

 What is especially noteworthy of this example is the mutual 

 dependence of these fundamental functions of FAS. 



In Japan today, there are 81 large wood-frame buildings 

 under construction or soon to be constructed by the private 

 sector. Additionally, there are nine publicly funded wood-frame 

 structures for U.S. wood product exports. Without the 



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