[Federal Register: June 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 125)]
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Notice of Open Public Hearing
AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of open public hearing--July 12-13, 2007, Washington,
DC.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.-
China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission.
The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess,
evaluate, and report to Congress annually on ``the national security
implications and impact of the bilateral trade and economic
relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of
China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public
hearing in Washington, DC on July 12-13, 2007 on ``China's
Proliferation and the Impact of Trade Policy on Defense Industries in
the United States and China.''
Background
This event is the fifth in a series of public hearings the
Commission will hold during its 2007 report cycle to collect input from
leading experts in academia, business, industry, government and from
the public on the impact of the economic and national security
implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with
China. The July 12-13 hearing is being conducted to examine the impact
of China's proliferation practices on U.S. national security, China's
compliance with its own nonproliferation laws and regulations and
international nonproliferation norms, the development of an indigenous
defense industrial capacity in China, and the impact of trade practices
and manufacturing in China on the U.S. defense industrial base.
The July 12-13 hearing on ``China's Proliferation and the Impact of
Trade Policy on Defense Industries in the United States and China''
will be co-chaired by Commissioners Peter Brookes, Mark Esper, William
Reinsch, and Michael Wessel.
Information on this hearing, including a detailed hearing agenda
and information about panelists, will be made available on the
Commission's Web site prior to the hearing date. Detailed information
about the Commission, the texts of its annual reports and hearing
records, and the products of research it has commissioned can be found
on the Commission's Web site at http://www.uscc.gov.
Any interested party may file a written statement by July 12, 2007,
by mailing to the contact below.
Date and Time: Thursday, July 12, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and
Friday, July 13, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A detailed agenda for the
hearing will be posted to the Commission's Web site at http://www.uscc.gov
in the near future.
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held on Capitol Hill in Room 385,
Russell Senate Office Building, located at Delaware & Constitution
Avenues, NE., Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is limited to
approximately 50 people on a first come, first served basis. Advance
reservations are not required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Michels, Associate Director for
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-624-
1409, or via e-mail at kmichels@uscc.gov.
Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act
(Pub. L. 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7), as amended by
Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005).
Dated: June 25, 2007.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-12647 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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