Wednesday, January 28, 2015
G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Daniel Slane
8:30a - 8:45a Co-Chairs’ remarks: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Daniel Slane
8:45a - 9:45a Administration Panel: Assessing the Interface between China’s Competition and Technology Licensing Policies
- Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Mark A. Cohen, Special Counsel, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC (Testimony)
9:45a - 11:15a Panel I: Industry Perspectives on the Foreign Investment Climate in China
- Written statement from Dr. Oded Shenkar, Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Testimony)
- Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Dan Harris, Founder/Partner, Harris Moure, Seattle, WA (Testimony)
11:15a - 12:45p Panel II: The Legal and Regulatory Context for China’s Antitrust Enforcement
- Abbott (Tad) Lipsky, Jr., Partner, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC
- Dr. Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang, Principal, Charles River Associates, Boston, MA (Testimony)
- William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Director, Competition Law Center, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Written statement from Gil Kaplan, Partner, King & Spalding, Washington, DC (Testimony)
12:45p - 1:45p Lunch Break
1:45p - 3:15p Panel III: Evaluating the Impact of China’s Reforms on the Foreign Investment Climate
- Lucille Barale, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, DC
- Dr. Joshua Eisenman, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX; Senior Fellow for China Studies, American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, DC (Testimony)
- Dr. Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (Testimony)
3:15p Adjourn
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