Launch of the U.S.-Bahrain Congressional Caucus

The U.S. Bahrain FTA Coalition membership hosted a press briefing on the Hill, Wednesday, March 3, 2004 in the Capitol. Ambassador Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, Abdullah Hassan Saif, Bahrain's Minister of Finance and National Economy, and the leadership of the new U.S.-Bahrain Congressional Caucus (co-chairs Paul Ryan, R-WI, and Jim turner, D-TX) provided brief remarks and answered press questions.

Pictures of the event below:

The Honorable Catherine Novelli, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean, Executive Office of the President, Office of the United States Trade Representative, and His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain	The Honorable Paul Ryan (R-WI) and H.E. Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al-Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States
His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain, and William J. Rice of ALCOA	Beth Viola, Managing Director Strategic Communications, Holland & Knight LLP and Selma Habib, Executive Assistant to the Economic Representative of Bahrain
The Honorable Paul Ryan (R-WI)	His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain, and H.E. Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al-Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States
The Honorable Jim Turner (D-TX)	His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al-Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States and, The Honorable Catherine Novelli, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean, Executive Office of the President, Office of the United States Trade Representative
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick	His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain
Lionel C. Johnson, Vice President and Director Government International Relations, Citigroup	Selma Waheedi, Senior Economist, Economic Planning Directorate, Ministry of Finance and National Economy
H.E. Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al-Khalifa, Lionel C. Johnson, His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, William J. Rice of ALCOA, and Dr. Naser M.Y. Al Belooshi	Dr. Naser M.Y. Al Belooshi, Economic Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain and His Excellency Abdulla Hassan Saif, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Bahrain

For more information, please contact the Office of the Economic Representative via e-mail info@bahraingateway.org or by telephone at (202) 537-7810.