AGENDA
Hearing on "Pricing the Future: China's Ambitions for Commodities Derivative Markets"
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Congressional Office Building and Webex
Livestream will appear here
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Livia Shmavonian and Commissioner Taylor Budowich
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:00 AM: Panel I: What Global Derivatives Markets Mean for U.S. Markets and Economic Security
- Johannes Petry, Senior Researcher, Institute for Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Martin Chorzempa, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM: Break
11:10 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: China’s Efforts to Promote Benchmark Alternatives and Industry Deep Dives
- Susan Stroud, Founder, No Bull Agriculture
- Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines
- Michelle Brouhard, Head of Policy and Geopolitical Risk, Kpler
12:50 PM – 12:55 PM: Closing Remarks
12:55 PM: Adjourn