Hearing Agenda
- August 2, 2001 - Bilateral Trade Policies and Issues Between the United States and China
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Room 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
1st & Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC
- Lunch 1:30 - 2:00 Room 116 Dirksen - Commissioners
- AFTERNOON PANELS:
Panel 4 Agricultural Trade Issues
(2:00 - 3:30) - Robbin S. Johnson, Sr. Vice President, Director of Corporate Affairs, Cargill, Inc.
- Henry Jo Von Tungeln, Vice Chairman & Farmer, Natl. Assoc. of Wheat Growers
- Dwain Ford, First Vice President, American Soybean Assoc.
- Chuck Lambert, Chief Economist, National Cattleman's Beef Association
Panel 5 Computer Electronics/Telecom Issues
(3:30 - 5:00) - Ed Fire, International Union of Electrical Workers
- David McCurdy, President, Electronics Industry Alliance
- Merritt Todd Cooke, Jr., Chief, Commercial Section, American Institute In Taiwan
* Mr. Thayer will be accompanied by Richard Schneider, Overall Boeing Coordinator, Owen Herrnstadt, Director Intl. Dept., and Stephen Sleigh, Strategic Resources Director.
MORNING PANELS:
Panel 1 - China and the U.S. Steel Industry
(8:00 - 9:15) - Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers of America
- Thomas J. Usher, Chairman & CEO USX Corp.
Panel 2 Administration Perspectives/ Bilateral Trade and WTO
(9:30 - 11:30) Issues/ Adequacy of Enforcement Laws Related to
Imported Goods
- Peter Davidson, General Counsel, United States Trade Representative
- Charles W. Winwood, Acting Commissioner, Customs Service and Donald Shruhan, Asst. Commissioner, Intl. Affairs, Customs Service
- Gordon Chang, Author and Attorney
Panel 3 - Aircraft/ Aerospace / Automobiles-Auto Parts Issues:
(11:30 - 1:30) (Relocation of Trade Jobs, Market Penetration and Technology Transfer)
- Robert Thayer, Executive Council Member/General Vice President, Intl. Assoc. of Machinists/Aerospace Workers (IAM)*
- General John W. Douglass, President/CEO, Aerospace Industries Assoc.
- Steve Beckman, Asst. Dir. Govt. & Intl. Affairs Dept, UAW