Clinton Will Visit Portland For Trade Talks

President Clinton will visit Portland early this summer to lead a regional economic conference on Pacific Rim trade, the Oregon Democratic Party chairwoman said Wednesday.

Specific dates were not final, but the conference would be either the last week of June or the first two weeks of July, said Jana Doerr.

“It was moved back once because it conflicted with Rose Festival,” she said. “I probably won’t know anything more for another week to 10 days at least.”

The president will be joined by public- and private-sector leaders from Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska and Hawaii.

Vice President Al Gore and several Cabinet members also will attend, she said.