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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 25, 2002

U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans to Discuss Trade
During Town Hall Meeting in Tampa

U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans will visit Tampa, Fla. on Thursday, June 27 as part of his nationwide trade education tour to teach Americans the benefits of international trade to the U.S. economy and their daily lives. Evans will host a town hall meeting at the Tampa Port to discuss the importance of trade to Tampa workers and present two local companies with the Commerce Department's Export Achievement Award.

WHERE: Cargill Fertilizer
8813 U.S. Hwy 41
Riverview, FL
CONTACT – (813) 671-6145

WHEN: June 27, 2002
Press Check-in begins at 10:30 AM
Preset by 11:00 AM

WHAT: PORTS demonstration onboard a ship in the port begins at 11:15 a.m.
Town hall meeting begins at 11:30 a.m.
Presentation of Export Achievement Awards to
Electric Supply Company and Flayco Food Distributors begins at 12:10 p.m.

PARTICIPANT: Secretary Evans

Background:

Physical Oceanographic and Real Time Systems (PORTS) is a Commerce Department tool that measures water levels, currents, and other oceanographic and meteorological conditions that directly support safe and efficient marine trade.

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