SENIOR MEMBER OF BUSH ECONOMIC TEAM
TO VISIT CEDAR RAPIDS SMALL BUSINESS
Evans to Promote Bush Economic Package

Commerce Secretary Don Evans will visit Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota on Thursday, November 6, 2003 where he will discuss his recent trip to China and the negative impact China’s unfair trading practices is having on U.S. manufacturers, and highlight President Bush’s manufacturing initiative to help create new jobs. Evans and Governor Tim Pawlenty will tour the Twin Cities Die Casting Company, a die casting manufacturer in Minneapolis, which will be followed by a roundtable discussion with company employees.

Following the tour and roundtable discussion, Evans will deliver an address to area business leaders at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon in St. Paul.

Company Tour and Roundtable Discussion

WHEN:	Thursday, November 6, 2003 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Media Check-In 10:10 a.m.
WHERE:	Twin Cities Die Casting Company 1070 33rd Ave. SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
WHAT:	Tour of Company Roundtable Discussion (Stills and B-Roll at the Top)
PARTICIPANTS:	Commerce Secretary Don Evans Governor Tim Pawlenty