January 5, 2006
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Under Secretary Adams to meet with Local Financial Officials and Business Leaders in Frankfurt, Paris and Tunis

Treasury's International Affairs Under Secretary Tim Adams will travel next week to Frankfurt, Germany; Paris, France and Tunis, Tunisia to meet with local economic officials and business leaders. 

Under Secretary Adams will be in Frankfurt on Jan. 9 to meet with representatives from the financial sector as well as European Central Bank officials. On Jan. 10 he will participate in the WP3 meetings at the OECD in Paris to discuss the global economic outlook. The following day, Adams will travel to Tunis for a two-day visit to discuss African development and trade issues with economic officials including African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka, Tunisian Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohamed Nouri Jouini, and ambassadors from other African countries.

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