AGENDA
Hearing on "Pricing the Future: China's Ambitions for Commodity Derivatives Markets"
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Senate Russell Office Building, Room 253, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Livia Shmavonian [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Taylor Budowich [Opening Statement]
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 10:40 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 [Testimony]
- Martin Chorzempa, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics [Testimony]
10:40 AM – 10:50 AM: Break
10:50 AM – 12:30 PM: Panel II: China’s Efforts to Promote Benchmark Alternatives and Industry Deep Dives
- Susan Stroud, Founder, No Bull Agriculture [Testimony]
- Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines [Testimony]
- Michelle Brouhard, Head of Policy and Geopolitical Risk, Kpler [Testimony]
12:30 PM – 12:35 PM: Closing Remarks
12:35 PM: Adjourn
Statement for the Record
Transcript