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05/18/09

Immediate opening for Administrative Executive Assistant Click here to view the Vacancy Announcement, position qualifications and requirements, and information on how to apply (PDF)

05/18/09

Immediate opening for Congressional Liaison Position. Click here to view the Vacancy Announcement, position qualifications and requirements, and information on how to apply (PDF)

News!

06/30/09

7/23/09 –The Impact of Globalization and Trade with China on New York State Companies and Communities
Location:  The Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Cochairs:  Commissioners Dennis Shea and Patrick Mulloy

Click here to read the Federal Register Notice (HTML) (PDF)

Click here to read the Press Release (HTML) (PDF)

06/24/09

Transcript of the May 20, 2009 Hearing on The Impact of China’s Economic and Security Interests in Continental Asia on the United States.   Read the Transcript (PDF)   

06/23/09

EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH AGREEMENTS AWARDED AND FINAL REPORTS RELEASED BY COMMISSION:

2009 Extramural Research Agreements Awarded by the Commission. 

The Commission has awarded contracts to four organizations to perform four separate research studies pertaining to issue areas identified in the Commission’s statutory mandate. The contracts were awarded after competitive evaluation by the Commission’s research committee of proposals that responded to the Requests for Proposals issued by the Commission and published on the Commission’s Web site.  They were awarded upon approval by the full Commission. Contracts are now active for all four of these projects as follows:

• Northrop-Grumman Corp.: A Report Examining the Capabilities of the People’s Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation (contract signed March 4th, initial draft expected July 2009)

• Reperi, LLC: A Report Examining the Potential National Security Implications of Chinese Investments in the Communications Industry (contract signed April 10th, initial draft expected August 2009)

• NSD BioGroup, LLC: A Report Examining the Potential Health & Safety Impacts of the Use of Chinese-Produced Raw Ingredients in the Manufacture of U.S. Pharmaceutical Products (contract signed April 13th, initial draft expected August 2009)  

• Economist Intelligence Unit: A Report Examining the Issues Surrounding a Potential Bilateral Investment Treaty Between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (contract signed June 15th, initial draft expected October 2009)  

     •   Defense Group, Inc.:  A Report Examining Reforms in the Defense Industry of the People’s Republic of China. (contract signed January 2009, initial draft expected April 2009)

Any questions regarding these projects or the Commission’s procedures for contracted research should be directed to: John Dotson, Research Coordinator for the Commission.  Telephone: 202-624-1482 / E-mail: jdotson@uscc.gov.

Notice of Completed and Released Research Studies by the Commission Awarded in 2008

The Commission has accepted as complete, and approved for public release, four new research reports that pertain to issue areas in the Commission’s statutory mandate. These research reports were performed by external contractors on the Commission’s behalf, on the basis of contracts awarded in 2008 following competitive evaluation by the Commission. Links to the full text versions of these reports follow below; they may also be accessed by going to the “Research” column on this webpage, and clicking the link for “Commissioned Research.”

These four reports are as follows:

• Capital Trade, Inc.: “An Assessment of China’s Subsidies to Strategic and Heavyweight Industries”

• MBG Information Services: “China’s Soaring Commercial and Financial Power: How it is Affecting the U.S. and the World”

• NSD BioGroup, LLC: “Research Report on Chinese High-Tech Industries”  

• Science Applications International Corporation: “Capabilities of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to Carry Out Military Action in the Event of a Regional Conflict”

Any questions regarding these projects or the Commission’s procedures for contracted research should be directed to: John Dotson, Research Coordinator for the Commission.  Telephone: 202-624-1482 / E-mail: jdotson@uscc.gov.

06/04/09

Transcript of the April 30, 2009 Hearing on China’s Propaganda and Influence Operations, Its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States, and the resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security.   Read the Transcript (PDF)  

05/07//09

Transcript of the March 24, 2009 Hearing on China’s Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy.   Read the Transcript (PDF) 

Stewart Supplemental:

• Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
• RD Data for Manufacturing
• QFR Capital Expenditures Data

04/28//09

The U.S.-China Commission Announces the Reappointment of Dennis C. Shea and the Appointment of Robin Cleveland to the Commission.

Read the Press Release (HTML) (PDF)

04/21/09

Transcript of the March 4, 2009 Hearing on China’s Military and Security Activities Abroad.  Read the Transcript (PDF)  

03/26/09

Transcript of the February 17, 2009 Hearing on China’s Role in the Origins of and Response to the Global Recession.   Read the Transcript (PDF)   

2/15/09

Read the list of 110th Congress "China-Specific and China Related Legislation.”  Questions should be directed to Erik Pederson, Commission Congressional Liaison, at 202-624-1407.

11/20/08

Extramural Research Agreements Awarded in 2008 by the Commission. The Commission awarded contracts to four organizations to perform five separate research studies pertaining to issue areas identified in the Commission’s statutory mandate. As noted above four of the contracts have been completed and the final reports issued and released as noted above.  The following contract awarded in 2008 remains active:

• Science Applications International Corporation: A Report Examining the Employment of Strategic Deception and Perception Management by the People’s Republic of China (initial draft expected March 2009)

Any questions regarding these projects or the Commission’s procedures for contracted research should be directed to: John Dotson, Research Coordinator for the Commission.  Telephone:

202-624-1482 / E-mail: jdotson@uscc.gov.

11/20/08

The Commission released its 2008 Annual Report to Congress today. The Commission cites Chinese cyber attacks, authoritarian rule, and trade violations as impediments to U.S. Economic and national security interests, and offers 45 recommendations to Congress. The full Report is available on line at www.uscc.gov.

Printed copies of the Report may be obtained by emailing kmichels@uscc.gov.
Read the Press Release Summary of the Report (PDF). 

10/20/08

Read the following Research Papers prepared by the “Trade Lawyers Advisory Group” under a grant funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA):

• “China's Policy of Substantially Undervaluing the Renminbi:  A Challenge for the International Monetary and Trading System”
  
  
• "China's Global Trade Balance Discrepancy: Hong Kong Entrepot Effects and Round-Tripping Chinese”