Hearing on the U.S.-China Relationship: Economics and Security in Perspective
Hearing Co-chairs: Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew, Vice Chairman Daniel Blumenthal
February 1-2, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Thursday, February 1
8:40 am – 10:00 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA, 4th Dist.)
- Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
- Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
10:00 am – 11:00 am Panel II: Administration Perspectives
- The Honorable Richard Lawless, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Washington, DC
- Mr. David L. Pumphrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation, Washington, DC
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel III: U.S.-China Relations in Review
- Mr. James Mann, FPI Author-in-Residence, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
- Dr. Phillip Saunders, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, DC
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Panel IV: The U.S.-China Economics & Trade Relationship
- Ms. Thea Lee, Policy Director, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC
- Mr. Grant Aldonas, William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
- Dr. Peter Navarro, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, CA
Friday, February 2
8:30 am – 9:45 am Panel V: The U.S.-China Military & Security Relationship
- Dr. Thomas P. Ehrhard, Senior Analyst, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC
- Colonel Charles Hooper, Senior Lecturer, Chair, Foreign Area Officer Education, Training and Development, Senior Army Representative, School of International Graduate Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
- Mr. Kenneth Allen, Senior Analyst, The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA
9:45 am – 11:00 pm Panel VI: Prospects for U.S.-China Political Cooperation and Diplomacy
- Dr. Edward Friedman, Hawkins Chair Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- Dr. Shiping Hua, Senior Fellow, McConnell Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Dr. Alan M. Wachman, Associate Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher, Tufts University, Medford, MA
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel VII: Administration Perspectives
- Mr. John Norris, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Washington, DC
- Dr. Robert Dohner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Asia International Affairs, Washington, DC