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ice Chairman Alfred . Eckes Seeley . Lodwick David . Rohr Don . Newquist Office of Industries Robert Rogowsky, Director This report was prepared principally by Dennis . Fravel Project Leader Principal Authors Margaret Cahill, William Greene, Georgia Jackson, Kathleen Lahey, Timothy McCarty, and David Slingerland with input from Scott Baker, Michael Hagey, Andrew Malison, Ruben Mata, Mary Murphy, and Lena Shapiro Office of Industries and Seth Kaplan, Office of Economics with assistance from Kim Oliver, Elisa Jackson, Marretta Dillard, and JaVonne Pope under the direction of Aaron . Chesser, Chief Machinery and Equipment Division and Sylvia McDonough, Chief Machinery Branch Address all communications to Kenneth . Mason, Secretary to the Commission United States International Trade Commission Washington, DC 2 PREFACE On April 1, 1, at the request of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and in accordance with section 3() of the Tariff Act of 1, (1 ... 1()), the .. International Trade Commission instituted investigation No. 3-2, 'Competitive Position of the .. Gear Industry in .. and Global Markets.' (See app. for request letter.) The Commission was requested specifically by the USTR to provide, to the extent possible, the following: Profiles of the .. industry and major foreign industries; descriptive assessment of the global market for gears, to the extent possible, using categories of gear products most useful to the industry; comparison of .. and foreign producers' strengths and weaknesses in such areas as ( raw material, labor, and capital availability; ( technological capabilities; ( extent of plant and equipment modernization; ( end-product quality, pricing, and service support, and government involvement; and, .. and foreign industry and .. consuming industry views on market direction and potential for the .. industry. The study also includes detailed analysis of selected key products that