September 6, 2007
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan Conference Center – Room 204
Skipper Bowles Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1550.
Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners Jeffrey Fiedler and Dennis Shea
AGENDA
Panel I: North Carolina’s Changing Economy
- Rick L. Weddle, President and CEO of the Research Triangle Park Foundation of North Carolina (PDF)
- Dr. Patrick J. Conway, UNC Economist and expert on globalization’s effects on textiles and on the efficacy of trade remedies (PDF)
Panel II: How China Trade Has Affected North Carolina’s Economy
- Dr. Gary Gereffi, Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University (HTML) (PDF)
- Betty McGrath, Manager, Policy Program Evaluation and Research, North Carolina Employment Security Commission (HTML) (PDF)
Panel III: Case Studies of China’s Impact on the Furniture, Tire, Textile, and Clothing Industries
- Harris Raynor, UNITE HERE Vice President
- Darryl Jackson, President of United Steelworkers Local 959 (Goodyear)
Panel IV: Case Study of China’s Impact on the New Economy
- Michael Chen, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Red Hat Software—Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC and has a service/sales center in China.
Panel V: How Existing Remedies to Unfair Trade Have Performed in North Carolina: The Bedroom Furniture Industry and the Textile Industry
- Wyatt Bassett, President, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture of Elkin, NC (HTML) (PDF)
- James Chesnutt, President and CEO of National Spinning Co., Inc. of Washington, NC (HTML) (PDF)
Panel VI: The Human Costs to North Carolina of China Trade, and Ameliorating Those Costs
- Dr. H. James Owen, President, Piedmont Community College (HTML) (PDF)
- Mr. Thomas J. White, Director, Business and Industry Services, North Carolina Department of Commerce, Raleigh, North Carolina
Open Microphone: Listening to the People of North Carolina
- Registration for the open microphone begins at 8:30 am in hearing room.
- Participants will each be allowed 5 minutes to give their remarks