U.S.-China Trade: Opportunities and Challenges
April 14, 2005 - Sheraton Midtown Atlanta at Colony Square, Atlanta, Georgia
April 15, 2005 - UGA School of Law, Auditorium B, Athens, Georgia
Hosted by The University of Georgia Dean Rusk Center International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies, School of Law
Cosponsors: Center for International Trade and Security, UGA School of Public and International Affairs, Georgia Department of Economic Development, and Georgia China Alliance
Proceedings to be published by Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Sheraton Colony Square Atlanta, GA
12:30 p.m. Luncheon (Ballroom South)
Welcome: C. Donald Johnson, Director, Dean Rusk Center, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
Chris Clark, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Atlanta, GA
Sen. Sam Zamarripa, Chairman, Georgia China Alliance, Atlanta, GA
Keynote Address: Theodore Kassinger, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
2:00 p.m. Investment Panel (Atlanta Room)
Malcolm Riddell, RiddellTseng Investment Bank, Beijing, China
H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA
Che Pizhao, Vice Dean and Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China
Wang Zhongnan, First Secretary, Economic & Commercial Office, People's Republic of China, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Wei Hu, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Services and Market Access Panel
Zhong Chuanshui, First Secretary, Economic and Commercial Office, Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Washington, D.C.
Robert Cassidy, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China; Collier Shannon Scott, Washington, D.C.
David Weller, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Guanming Fang, Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta, GA
5:15 p.m. Reception (Atlanta Foyer)
Sponsored by UBS Financial Services Inc.
Friday April 15, 2005
UGA School of Law, Auditorium Room B, Athens, GA
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Dean Rebecca Hanner White, UGA School of Law
C. Donald Johnson, Director, Dean Rusk Center
Agriculture Panel
Kenneth J. Roberts, Associate Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington, D.C.
Scott Rozelle, Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis
Michael F. D'Addabbo, Allenberg Cotton, Memphis, TN
Zhao Baoquing, First Secretary (Commercial), Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Robert Shulstad, Assistant Dean, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Athens, GA
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Textiles Panel
Brenda Jacobs, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, D.C.
William Gillon, counsel for textile associations, Memphis, TN
James Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: C. Donald Johnson, Director, Dean Rusk Center
12 noon Break for Lunch
1:00 p.m.
The Honorable Max Cleland, Member, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
1:30 p.m. Intellectual Property Panel
Stephen M. Pinkos, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C.
Zhang Wie, King and Wood, Beijing, China
Peter K. Yu, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Moderator: Paul Heald, Allen Post Professor of Law, UGA School of Law, Athens, GA
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Export Control Panel
Evan Medeiros, RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Li Genxin, Secretary General, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, Beijing, China
Carol A. Kalinoski, Imediate past chair of interagency Operating Committee on Export Policy, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Gary Bertsch, University Professor of Public and International Affairs; Director, UGA Center for International Trade and Security, Athens, GA
4:45 p.m. Conclusion