Hearing on China’s WTO Compliance and Industrial Subsidies
April 4, 2006
April 4 – Room 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Independence Ave. & South Capitol Street, SW
Hearing Cochairs: Commissioners Michael Wessel and Peter Brookes
OPENING STATEMENTS
- Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew (HTML) (PDF)
- Opening Statement of Chairman Larry M. Wortzel (HTML) (PDF)
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Michael Wessel (HTML) (PDF)
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Peter Brookes (HTML) (PDF)
Tuesday, April 4
9:30 am – 10:30 am Panel I: Administration Perspectives on China’s WTO Compliance and Use of Subsidies
- Mr. Timothy Stratford, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, DC
10:30 am – 11:30 am Panel II: China’s WTO Accession Agreement and U.S. Law
- Mr. Loren Yager, Director, International Trade, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Panel III: Chinese Economic Planning and the Role of Subsidies
- Dr. Usha C. V. Haley, Associate Professor, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
- Dr. Gregory Chow, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Panel IV: Currency Manipulation as an Industrial Subsidy
- Dr. C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC
- Mr. David Hartquist, Member, Collier Shannon Scott PLLC, Washington, DC
- Mr. Robert Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Panel V: Impact of Chinese Industrial Subsidies on U.S. Industries
- Mr. Alan Price, Partner, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, DC
- Mr. John Magnus, President - TradeWins, LLC, Washington, DC