Vice President, International

Aerospace Industries Association

1250 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005

TEL: (202) 371-8420
FAX: (202) 371-8471
E-MAIL: johnson@aia-aerospace.org

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  aerospace industry; defense industry; domestic investment; industrial organization; international trade; international trade and finance; multinational corporations; trade relations
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  aerospace technology policy; cultural and trade impediments; defense conversion; defense cooperation; defense procurement; defense research and development; economic relations; industrial policy; international economic policy; trade policy; US policy affecting Japan-US relations
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  technology competition and cooperation; technology transfer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Executive Vice President, American League for Exports and Security Assistance, 1983-89; Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1977-78, 1981-83; Staff Member, Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, 1978-81; Deputy Director, Office of Trade Policy and Negotiations, US Treasury Department, 1973-77.

IN JAPAN: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"The United States: Partnerships with Europe," Global Arms Production: Policy Dilemmas for the 1990s (ed. Kapstein) (University Press of America, 1992); "Commodity Jurisdiction: State or Commerce," Coping with US Export Controls (ed. Berlack et al.) (Practicing Law Institute, 1992); "US Arms Sales: Foreign Policy Tool or Economic Necessity?," New Perspectives for a Changing World Order (ed. Arnett) (Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991).