C. Richard D’Amato, Chairman

Roger W. Robinson, Jr., Vice Chairman

Hearing on the Impact of U.S.-China Trade and Investment on Pacific Northwest Industries

Thursday, January 13, 2005

The Bell Harbor Hotel – Bell Street, Pier 66

 (3^rd Floor Bell Harbor International Conference Center)

 2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121

Hearing Co-Chairs:  Commissioners George Becker and Robert F. Ellsworth

8:30 – 9:00 am               Congressional Perspectives

-          Congressman Jim McDermott, (D-WA-7^th District)

9:00 – 10:30 am             Panel I: Washington State Trade and Investment with China

-          Mr. Joseph J. Borich, Executive Director, Washington State China Relations Council, Seattle, WA    

-     Mr. Rick Bender, President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Seattle, WA 

-          Dr. Robert E. Scott, Director of International Programs, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC 

10:30 am – 12:00 pm      Panel II: Aviation/Aerospace

                                    -     Mr. John Walsh, President, Walsh Aviation, Annapolis, Maryland 

                                    -     International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM): 

    Mr. Owen Herrnstadt, Director, IAM Department of Trade and Globalization, Upper

    Marlboro, MD,  

    Mr. Richard Schneider, IAM Aerospace Coordinator, Upper Marlboro, MD

    Mr. Mark Blondin, President and Directing Business Representative IAM District 751,    

    Seattle, WA

-          Ms. Heidi Wood, Aerospace/Defense Analyst, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY

12:00 – 12:30 pm           Lunch Break

12:30 – 2:00 pm Panel III: Software/High –Tech

-          Mr. Marcus Courtney, Washington A lliance of Technology Workers

CWA Local 37083, Seattle, WA 

-          Dr. Ron Hira, Assistant Professor, Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY   

-          Mr. Jesse Feder, Director and Counsel for Intermational Trade and Intellectual Property, Business Software Alliance, Washington, DC  

2:00 – 3:00 pm               Panel IV: Agriculture 

-          Dr. Thomas Wahl, Director of Impact Control Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 

-          Mr. Christian Schlect, President, Northwest Horticultural Council, Yakima, WA 

-          Mr. Rod Christensen, Representative, Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee,

Kennewick, WA 

3:00 – 4:00pm                Panel V: Forest Products

-          Mr. Dale Lovett, Union Representative, PACE Union & PPRC Union, Wickliffe, KY

-          Dr. Ivan Eastin, Acting Director and Professor, Center for International Trade in Forest Products, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

4:00 – 5:00 pm               Panel VI: Shipping/Maritime

-     Mr. Mic Dinsmore, CEO, Port of Seattle, WA

-          Mr. Nathaniel “Sam” Ruda, Marine Director, Port of Portland, OR

-          Mr. David Blackburn, President, Faria Corp., Uncasville, CT (representing the National Marine Manufacturers Association)