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`9.2 Will stricter regulations export the lobs of American workers? Most, of our members support the principles bf free trade. Some have manufacturing facilities in other countries. Others sell-their, products worldwide. Others have licensing agreements with foreign manufacturers. And, the Institute has eighteen Regional members--non`resident'manufacturers. Where competition is free and un-restricted the domestic manufacturers can compete. However, if the proposed regulations are implemented, domestic manufacturers will be working with the most restrictive exposure levels in the world. While some multi-national companies indicate that they will go to the same exposure levels worldwide, they are a minority. Except for Great Britain and the Province of Ontario, we are not aware of other jurisdictions with numerical exposure levels. If the capital and on-going costsfor compliance, with -the ('proposed regulations go significantly beyond those costs scheduled for compliance with the July 1, 1976 exposure level, brake linings, brake blocks, and clutch facings manufactured in foreign countries--without asbestos control-- will.bei'even-more .price competitive'chan-mow. And In tdday's replacement market, they are increasing their share of the market steadily. In a recent Labdk Department notice on the application of Wagner Electric Corporation employees for worker adjustment assistance, it was stated: Imports of automotive brake products like or- directly competitive with those produced at the Plymouth Avenue St. Louis plant...increased in value from $46,000,000 in 1970 to $118,000,000 in 1974. The ratio of imports to domestic consumption (I/C) and production (I/P) -13- FMSI03263 T