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P -- CONSULTING SERVICES FOR MODELING WORK FOR EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING THE ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. DUE 061797 POC Debi Kearns, Contract Specialist, (202) 205-2736. The U.S. International Trade Commission has a requirement for services of a consultant who has the expertise necessary to provide the ITC assistance in adapting model programs it currently has in operation to the analyysis of certain possible trade agreements, such as those concerning the APEC and Trans-Atlantic regions. The ITC has acquired and developed a number of multi-country modeling frameworks and databases. These frameworks, as developed and adapted at the ITC to specific regions, have been applied to the analysis of alternative trade proposals under consideration. The Commission has recently received several requests from USTR for investigations that depend on, or would benefit significantly from, the application of such modeling frameworks to issues raised in the investigation. These investigations include APEC barries to trade, dynamic effects of trade liberalization, and anticipated studies on Trans-Atlantic trade liberalization (TAFTA), and free trade in the Americas (FTAA). The proposed acquisition would provide further expertise in adapting data and modeling frameworks to the particular characteristics of the regions and the trade questions at issue in these investigations. The contractor will work with data and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling programs in use at the ITC and provide expertise complementary to ongoing OE/RD modeling work on current 332 investigations and analysis of the TAFTA region. Anticipated issue date for the Request for Quotations (RFQ) is June 13, 1997 with a closing date of June 17, 1997. Request for copies shall be in writing sent to the above address. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. (0148)

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