Hearing on Research and Development, Technological Advances in Key Industries, and Changing Trade Flows with China
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
385 Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware & Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Agenda: (PDF)
PARTICIPANTS’ BIOS and TESTIMONIES: (Click on a name to read Participants Bio's in an HTML page. View a Testimony in HTML or PDF view by clicking the associated link with each individual. Some Participants may not have a Bio or Written Testimony. )
Hearing Co chairs: Commissioners Michael R. Wessel and Dennis C. Shea
Opening Statements
- Opening Statement of Chairman Larry Wortzel (HTML)(PDF)
- Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew (HTML)(PDF)
Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Representative Walter Jones (R)-NC (HTML)(PDF)
- Representative Michael H. Michaud (D)-ME (HTML)(PDF)
- Note: Also see 3:15 pm panel
Panel II: Changing Nature of China’s Trade Flows
- Dr. Charles W. McMillion, President & Chief Economist, MBG Information Services, Washington, DC (PDF)
- Dr. Mary Amiti, Senior Economist, International Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY (PDF)
Panel III: R&D: Domestic and Foreign-Funded
- Ms. Kathleen Walsh, Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College, Newport , RI (HTML)(PDF)
- Dr. Kent Hughes, Director, Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)
Panel IV: Chinese Development in Key Industries
- Dr. Qingjiu Tao, Assistant Professor of Management, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (HTML)(PDF)
- Mr. Owen Herrnstadt, Director of the Department of Trade and Globalization, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)
- Dr. Ernest H. Preeg, Senior Fellow, The Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Arlington, VA (HTML)(PDF)
Panel I – Continued: Congressional Perspectives
- Senator Debbie Stabenow (D)-MI