Thursday, April 26, 2018
Location: Russell Senate Office Building, 328A
Washington, DC
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Opening Remarks: Chairman Robin Cleveland and Commissioner Carte Goodwin
9:05 AM – 11:05 PM: Panel I: China’s Food Security Policies and U.S.-China Trade in Agriculture
- Ambassador Darci Vetter, General Manager, Public Affairs, Edelman; Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (Testimony)
- Dr. Fred Gale, Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Testimony)
- Bill Westman, Senior Vice President of International Affairs, North American Meat Institute (Testimony)
- Thomas Sleight, President and CEO, U.S. Grains Council (Testimony)
11:05 PM – 11:20 PM: Break
11:20 PM – 1:20 PM: Panel II: Chinese Biotech Policy and Food Safety
- Dr. Carl Pray, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Rutgers University (Testimony)
- Nathan Fields, Director of Biotechnology, National Corn Growers Association (Testimony)
- Dr. Holly Wang, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (Testimony)
- Michael Robach, Board Director Chairman, Global Food Safety Initiative and Vice President for Food Safety, Cargill (Testimony)
1:20 PM: Adjourn
Statements for the Record:
- Dr. David Ortega, Assistant Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University (Statement)
- American Soybean Association and U.S. Soybean Export Council (Statement)
- Howard Minigh, President, CropLife International (Statement)
- Joseph Damond, Executive Vice President for International Affairs, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (Statement)
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