Hearing on China and the Future of Globalization

May 19-20, 2005

to be held at the

Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68 th Street
New York, NY 10021

Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman C. Richard D'Amato and Vice Chairman Roger W. Robinson, Jr.

 

Thursday, May 19, 2005

8:30 9:00 am - Introductory Remarks Ambassador Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY

9:00 11:00 am - Panel I - The Economic Underpinnings of Globalization

- Professor Arvind Panagariya, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY

- Dr. Ralph Gomory, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY

- Professor Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

- Dr. William Wolman, Former Chief Economist, Business Week Magazine, New York, NY

11:15 1:00 pm - Panel II - The Impacts of Globalization on the U.S. Economy

- Professor Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

- Mr. Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, Washington, DC

- Hon. Richard McCormack, Senior Advisor, The Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC

1:00 2:30 pm Lunch

2:30 4:00 pm - Panel III - China's Role in the Development of Globalization

- Professor Oded Shenkar, Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH

- Professor Robert A. Blecker, American University, Washington, DC

- Dr. William Overholt, Chair in Asia Policy Research, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

 

4:10 5:30 pm - Panel IV Globalization and the Trade Deficit

- Dr. Catherine L. Mann, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

- Professor James K. Galbraith, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, TX

- Dr. Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC

 

Friday, May 20, 2005

9:00 10:00 am - Congressional Perspectives (Members of Congress invited)

10:00 11:30 am - Panel I Corporate Globalization Strategies

- Mr. William J. Jones, Chairman, Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL

- Mr. Ron Blackwell, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC

- Professor Gary Hamilton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

11:30 1:00 pm - Panel II Tax Policy Implications

- Dr. Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

- Professor H. David Rosenbloom, Director, International Tax Program, New York University School of Law, New York, NY

- Mr. David R. Tillinghast, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, NY