Hearing on “Evaluating China’s Past and Future Role in the World Trade Organization”
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman Daniel M. Slane and Commissioner Patrick A. Mulloy
Commissioners’ Opening Remarks
Opening Statement of Chairman Daniel M. Slane (HTML) (PDF)
Opening statement of Commissioner Patrick A. Mulloy (HTML) (PDF)
Panel I
Congressional Perspectives
- Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI ) (HTML) (PDF)
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (PDF)
- Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) – Statement for the Record (HTML) (PDF)
- Representative John S. Tanner (D-TN) – Statement for the Record (HTML) (PDF)
Panel II
U.S. and Chinese Expectations for China’s Entry in the WTO
- Mr. Alan Wm. Wolff, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Of Counsel, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Ms. Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Mr. Robert Lighthizer, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, international trade attorney, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
Panel III
Current U.S.-China Relations in the WTO: The Reality a Decade Later
- Mr. James Bacchus, former chairman of the Appellate Body of the WTO, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Mr. Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Oded Shenkar, Professor, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (HTML) (PDF)
Panel IV
Recommendations for Future U.S.-China Relations within the WTO
- Mr. Terence Stewart, Managing Partner, Stewart and Stewart, Washington, DC (PDF)
- Mr. Gilbert Kaplan, President, Committee to Support U. S. Trade Laws, Partner, King & Spalding, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF) Supplementary Statement (PDF)
- Dr. Calman J. Cohen, President, Emergency Committee for American Trade, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
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