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Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman and Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairmanof the Congressional-Executive Commission on Chinaannounce a hearing on “Ten Years in the WTO: Has China Kept Its Promises?”Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC Ten years ago, on December 11, 2001, China officially joined the World Trade Organization. China's entry into the WTO ushered in a new era in its relationship with the United States and the rest of the world. China made numerous promises to reduce trade barriers, open up markets, increase transparency, protect intellectual property rights, and reform its legal system to make it consistent with WTO requirements. Policymakers hoped at the time that China's WTO membership would lead to advances in the broader development of the rule of law as well. Has China kept its promises and played by the rules? What impact has WTO membership had on the development of the rule of law in China? Has WTO membership leveled the economic playing field as many had hoped? This hearing was webcast. Witnesses: Panel 1: Claire Reade, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs, Office of the United States Trade Representative Panel 2: Grant D. Aldonas,Principal Managing Director, Split Rock International, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (2001-2005) Alan H. Price, Partner and Chair of the International Trade Practice, Wiley Rein LLP Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., Founder and President, Economic Strategy Institute Wei Jingsheng, Chair, Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition *Witness added Statement of Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China Statement of Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China Statement of Senator Carl Levin, Commissioner, Congressional-Executive Commission on China A complete transcript of this CECC Hearing is available in PDF and TEXT.
Click here to download a copy of the Commission's full 2011 Annual Report. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China, established by the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 as China prepared to enter the World Trade Organization, is mandated by law to monitor human rights, including worker rights, and the development of the rule of law in China. The Commission by mandate also maintains a database of information on political prisoners in China-individuals who have been imprisoned by the Chinese government for exercising their civil and political rights under China's Constitution and laws or under China's international human rights obligations. All of the Commission's reporting and its Political Prisoner Database are available to the public online via the Commission's Web site, http://www.cecc.gov. |
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