AGENDA
Hearing on "Consumer Products from China: Safety, Regulations, and Supply Chains"
Friday, March 1, 2024
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman Robin Cleveland [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Kim Glas [Opening Statement]
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 10:25 AM: Administration Panel: U.S. Product Safety Regulations and Imports from China
- James Joholske, Director, Office of Import Surveillance, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission [Testimony]
10:25 AM – 10:35 AM: Break
10:35 AM – 12:05 PM: Panel I: Risks to Consumers from Chinese Production Practices
- Teresa Murray, Director of the Consumer Watchdog program, U.S. Public Interest Research Group [Testimony]
- Daniel Shapiro, Senior Vice President of Brand Relationships and Strategic Partnerships, Red Points [Testimony]
- Dan Harris, Partner, Harris-Sliwoski [Testimony]
12:05 PM – 1:05 PM: Lunch Break
1:05 PM – 2:35 PM: Panel II: Shifting Production Networks and Challenges for Supply Chain Resiliency
- Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Duke Center for International Development, Duke University [Testimony]
- Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher, Boston University Global Development Policy Center [Testimony]
- Elizabeth Drake, Partner, Schagrin Associates [Testimony]
2:35 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM: Panel III: China’s Economic Policy and its Role in Global Manufacturing
- Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School [Testimony]
- François Chimits, Analyst at MERICS; Researcher at Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII) [Testimony]
- Adam Wolfe, Emerging Markets Economist, Absolute Strategy Research [Testimony]
4:15 PM – 4:20 PM: Closing Remarks
4:20 PM: Adjourn