Getting to know you: at the close of Al Frink's first full year, he counts CAFTA, energy and tort reform as wins but says currency policy is not his job.(Albert A. Frink,. Jr.)

Industry Week, November, 2005 by Panchak, Patricia

ALBERT A. FRINK, JR., the U.S.' first assistant secretary of commerce for manufacturing and services, closed his first full year last month with a sense of accomplishment but with a substantial list of work yet to be done. Tort reform, CAFTA and the energy bill top the list of legislation he says his office helped to pass. In addition it has completed 32 recommendations outlined in the report, Manufacturing in America, which Frink says "represented my marching orders." (Copy at http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/ Publications/pdf/manuam0104final.pdf) The report, detailing a "comprehensive strategy to address challenges to U.S. manufacturers," was published by the Department of Commerce (DOC) in January 2004. Before yearend, Frink expects to implement three more...

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