TIME CHANGE - U.S. - CHINA COMMISSION TO RELEASE 2006 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Report Cites Troubling Trends for U.S. Economic and National Security Interests; Offers Numerous Recommendations for Congressional Action
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13 , 2006 |
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Kathy Michels kmichels@uscc.gov Omar Aslam oaslam@uscc.gov Web site:www.uscc.gov |
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The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), a bipartisan Commission established by Congress in 2000 to investigate, analyze and provide recommendations to Congress on the economic and national security implications of the U.S.-China relationship, today announced that it will release its 2006 Annual Report to Congress at a press conference to be held Thursday, November 16, 2006, at 10:00 am in 562 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. The Report will highlight the USCC’s conclusions and recommendations about the direction of U.S.-China relations. Among the topics it addresses are:
- China’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other weapons (including dual use technologies), and actions the United States might take to encourage China to stop proliferating
- The transfer of U.S. high technology, manufacturing, and research and development activities to China, and the impact of such transfers on U.S. national security including its economic security and the standard of living of its citizens
- The adequacy of United States export control laws
- China’s effect on world energy supplies and how the United States can influence China’s energy policy
- China’s access to and use of U.S. capital markets, and whether existing disclosure and transparency rules are adequate to identify Chinese companies engaged in activities injurious to U.S. interests
- The triangular economic relationship among the United States, Taiwan, and China
- China’s military modernization and force deployments aimed at Taiwan
- China’s national budget and fiscal strength in relation to its internal instability, and the likelihood that problems arising from such internal instability will be externalized
- China’s compliance with agreements on prison labor imports and intellectual property rights and U.S. actions to enforce those agreements
- China’s compliance with its accession agreement to the World Trade Organization
- The implications of China’s restrictions on access to information and free speech by its citizens for its economic and security relations with the United States.
The Commission’s Chairman and Vice Chairman will review the Commission’s findings and recommendations.
Who:
Larry M. Wortzel, Commission Chairman
Carolyn Bartholomew, Commission Vice Chairman
When:
Thursday, November 16, 2006 – 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST
Where:
562 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. (Banking Committee Hearing Room)
First Street & Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20510
Visit the USCC website, www.uscc.gov, for transcripts of previous hearings, commissioned research reports, the Commission’s annual reports to the Congress, and other information about the Commission’s activities.
Reservations are not required, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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