Hearing on Chinese Investment in the United States: Impacts and Issues for Policymakers

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419

Washington, DC

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Robin Cleveland and Michael Wessel

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM:           Opening Remarks: Commissioners Robin Cleveland and Michael Wessel

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM:         Panel I: Trends and Impacts of Chinese Investment in the United States

•  Mr. Thilo Hanemann, Director and Economist, Rhodium Group (Testimony)
•  Mr. Jeff Johnson, President and CEO, SquirrelWerkz (Testimony)
•  Mr. James Stengel, Partner, Orrick (Testimony)

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM:       Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM:        Panel II: Industry Case Studies

• Dr. Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (Testimony)
• Mr. Patrick Woodall, Research Director and Senior Policy Advocate, Food & Water Watch (Testimony)
• Mr. Patrick Jenevein, CEO, Tang Energy Group and Chairman, WattStock LLC (Testimony)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM:          Lunch Break

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM:            Panel III: Chinese Firms on U.S. Stock Exchanges

• Mr. Shaswat Das, Senior Attorney, Hunton & Williams LLP (Testimony)
• Dr. Paul Gillis, Professor of Practice, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University (Testimony)
• Mr. Peter Halesworth, Managing Partner, Heng Ren Partners LLC (Testimony)

3:00 PM:                              Adjourn