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