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00:00:159 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Good morning. We have two buttons here. One

is red and the other is green. Mr. Herger and I want to start

on time, knowing that Members...

00:09:165 min.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you, Chairman Levin. I look forward to

our discussion on the importance of trade with China from U.S.

economy-wide perspective.

A...

00:14:492 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

[The prepared statement of Mr. Reynolds follows:]

Opening Statement of The Honorable Thomas M. Reynolds, a Representative

in...

00:17:236 min.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It is a

pleasure to be here in this great august room. I served with

both you and Mr. Herger. It is a...

00:23:344 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

Pat Schroeder. Welcome.

STATEMENT OF PATRICIA SCHROEDER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER, ASSOCIATION OF...

00:23:3818 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Thank you. It is so wonderful to see

Chairman Levin and Chairman Herger--or Ranking Member Herger up

there. Both of you got great promotions....

00:23:562 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

It may not last long.

00:23:581 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Yes. Yes.

00:23:593 sec.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Mr. Chairman, can I also say that so are we.

00:24:027 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

That is great. Well, I want to say for the

book industry--we know. You earned it.

00:24:095 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

All right. We won't take that away from

your 5 minutes.

00:24:144 min.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Terrific. Well, I just want to say for the

book industry, we really thank you for including us. America's

book industry is about a $25 billion...

00:29:115 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you so much, Ms. Schroeder.

Your turn. Thanks.

STATEMENT OF GERALYN RITTER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,...

00:29:166 min.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

On behalf of PhRMA, I would like to thank you

very much, Mr. Chairman and other Members of the Subcommittee,

for organizing today's hearing...

00:35:365 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

Mr. Baranay.

STATEMENT OF PETER BARANAY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ABRO

INDUSTRIES, INC., SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

00:35:415 min.
Baranay, Peter F. - Representative

Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the

House Committee on Ways and Means on Trade. Thank you for

giving me an opportunity today to...

00:41:361 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

The Olympics are in Beijing in 2008. I would hope that we

would set as a goal some major compliance by China by the...

00:43:021 min.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Again, I

want to thank you for this very important hearing on an

incredibly important hearing.

Mr....

00:44:1537 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

Well, first of all, we have been working

closely with Susan Schwab and USTR. We know they are talking to

the Chinese government in a variety...

00:44:5216 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Good. I appreciate that.

Could you also describe the many efforts that you and your

members have made to develop facts and evidence to use...

00:45:0855 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

Yes. We have spent a great deal of resources

in China and in the United States to determine the levels of

criminal activity, the thresholds...

00:46:036 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Absolutely. I would like comments from any of

the other panelists in this same area.

00:46:0939 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Well, I would totally concur with what Danny

says. We are working with USTR. We have been very pleased that

they have been working so hard....

00:46:485 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Good. I think that point is so well taken. I am

sure the Chinese are listening.

00:46:53
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

I hope so.

00:46:534 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

That we have been trying to work with them.

00:46:57
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

That is right.

00:46:5718 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

We prefer working with them first, but we are

preparing the case. They are in the WTO. We do have a format

now that we can move forward...

00:47:152 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

You are so right.

00:47:1730 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

Can I just reinforce what Mr. Levin said

about the Olympics? They are going to have a billion people,

maybe more, watching this on TV. They...

00:47:476 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Absolutely. My time is about up, but anyone--

Ms. Ritter?

00:47:532 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

You have about 10 seconds.

00:47:557 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Ten seconds? Five seconds?

00:48:0216 sec.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

Particularly for the complex issues in our area

that straddle intellectual property and the drug regulatory

regime, we appreciate the efforts...

00:48:1819 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

All right. Let me just say--and Mr.

Blumenauer is next, someone who is involved with China PNTR a

bit, to understate it. It has been over...

00:48:372 min.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your

punctuating that point. There are a number of us who spent a

lot of time and energy in lesser...

00:51:0240 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

I think you point out something very

important. For Democrats who are free traders, as I am and you

are, this is a very difficult thing...

00:51:42
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Right.

00:51:426 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

If they can shut the store down for 24 hours

until Danny leaves town, they can shut it down for good. Same

with the drug thing.

00:51:482 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Yes. Let me----

00:51:50
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

They can do these things.

00:51:5029 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Let me be a little more specific. Using the

example of the university, we are involved, a number of us are

involved, with university exchanges....

00:52:1917 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Well, we would love it if you would find out

that if they are pirating books at the university copy center

or that they are downloading...

00:52:3650 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

I might say that this is one area I think

that Secretary Gutierrez has been particularly effective in

articulating this every time he is...

00:53:2635 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Mr. Chairman, I know my time is about

expired, but this is an area that I would hope that we might be

able to explore. I look in my State,...

00:54:0115 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

All right. We will do that. There are also

the abilities to file complaints with the WTO, which tends to

turn talk into action.

All...

00:54:1636 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning to our

panel. Mr. Glickman, I never had the privilege of serving with

you in the House, but I had...

00:54:5249 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

Absolutely. Even with the decentralization of

the Chinese economy--I am not telling you everything comes out

of Beijing because it doesn't....

00:55:414 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Are you suggesting then that their enforcement

is selective?

00:55:459 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

It is selective. It is arbitrary. It is

intentionally vague in some cases. In some cases, it is just

not very well developed.

00:55:5410 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

You mentioned earlier in your opening comments

that there were 50 facilities that manufacture pirated DVDs. Do

you know the locations and...

00:56:0420 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

In most cases we do. In most cases we have

given that information to the authorities. In some cases they

have taken action, and in most...

00:56:2412 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

So, when it comes to enforcement, do they only

enforce when they are reminded that they need to? Or do you see

any proactive efforts other...

00:56:3618 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

There has been, as Pat said--and I don't know

about in the pharmaceutical area--but there has been some, I

would say, less than full effort...

00:56:5432 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Mr. Baranay, you shared your experience with

going through the litigation process to address, and you were

successful. $64,000 doesn't seem...

00:57:261 min.
Baranay, Peter F. - Representative

I think it is clear that as the Chinese

economy develops from, shall we say, the world's manufacturing

floor or the world's factory floor...

00:58:454 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Ms. Ritter, do you agree?

00:58:495 sec.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

Well, I am----

00:58:544 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

You have got 20 seconds this time.

00:58:5833 sec.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

I do agree that we have been able to get some

collaboration from the Chinese authorities. As I mentioned in

my testimony, raids and seizures...

00:59:312 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Thank you.

00:59:333 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Weller.

Mr. Pascrell.

00:59:362 min.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, panel.

Ms. Ritter, China is seeking to build its own domestic

pharmaceutical industry. It already...

01:02:161 min.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

I think you have said it extremely well. We are

at a critical time in China. China does want to develop this

industry. They have got the...

01:03:201 min.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Yes. Those jobs are significant, no more

significant than the person who works in a textile factory or

in a small parts factory that, on...

01:04:593 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you.

Mr. Brady.

01:05:0254 sec.
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the panel.

These aren't new issues, but you have made very compelling

arguments why we need to turn the...

01:05:567 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

I do not think it was the wrong thing to do.

I, as I said before, was somewhat involved in this when it

happened.

01:06:03
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas

Absolutely.

01:06:0327 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

I was involved with a different industry

then, where I think the benefits were more clear than they are

in other industries, but I would...

01:06:301 min.
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas

Those tools are the ones that got us progress in

the advance to micro systems, computer boards, and in the fiber

board issues already. Your...

01:07:311 min.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

I think that is a hard one. You ask a very

difficult question. I have always been a free trade Democrat,

which is a little lonely on my...

01:08:3711 sec.
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas

So, being out of the trade field while other

countries developed trade agreements that favored books from

other countries or products from...

01:08:4830 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

It harms our members and we want to be in

there, but when we had a WTO accession that would have been

helpful to us and it still hasn't...

01:09:1842 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

It is like--I think generically, I think that

the President needs fast track authority. I think the problem

is that the old--Reagan used...

01:10:0019 sec.
Brady, Kevin - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas

Well, I think right now we are looking at trying

to find common ground on workers rights, environmental rights,

trade adjustment, because...

01:10:1926 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I think I will because we want to try to

stick to our time limits. Let's have some further discussions

about China PNTR and the involvement...

01:10:453 min.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for your

presence today and your discussion.

I have a number of constituents who have come to my office

complaining...

01:14:1556 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

We do work very closely with the Chinese

Publishers Association, which is amazing. They are very strong.

Piracy hurts them equally. They...

01:15:1156 sec.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

There is an association of research-based

pharmaceutical industries in China. A lot of the members there

are subsidiaries of global companies,...

01:16:072 sec.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Mr. Chairman, can Mr. Glickman----

01:16:09
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Yes, please.

01:16:0948 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

I would just say a lot of the management of

the Chinese film industry is government, but a lot of the

creative side we work with quite closely...

01:16:5720 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you.

There are two, maybe three of us left. So, let's see if we

can work ourselves in. That means we will start the second

panel...

01:17:172 min.
Kind, Ronald "Ron" - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank

you for holding this very important hearing. I want to thank

the witnesses for testifying...

01:20:1130 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Let me just say with education you are

absolutely right. It is a very difficult thing to get any

government to try and deal with educational...

01:20:412 sec.
Kind, Ronald "Ron" - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin

Right.

01:20:4344 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

The problem is, those are very expensive

materials to create, very, very. When they pirate it all, what

can you do? Stopping campus piracy...

01:21:27
Kind, Ronald "Ron" - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin

Right.

01:21:2716 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

Allowing the world to download everything

free would kill all of us. You are seeing movies digitized,

too, aren't you? The Chinese are saying...

01:21:4351 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

I think it was John Maynard Keynes who once

said, ``For every complicated problem, there is a simple and a

wrong solution.'' This is the...

01:22:34
Kind, Ronald "Ron" - U.S. Representative, [D] Wisconsin

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

01:22:343 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Mr. Meek.

01:22:373 min.
Meek, Kendrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am excited by the fact

that we are having this hearing here today because this is so

very, very important.

As...

01:25:4524 sec.
Glickman, Dan - Chair and CEO

One, Congressman, I would make sure that

there are resources for USTR, for Customs, for the enforcement

at the borders. It strikes me that...

01:26:0938 sec.
Schroeder, Patricia S. - President and CEO

I would also say that when you meet with the

Chinese, ask them to do enforcement that passes the straight

face test. We got all excited...

01:26:4753 sec.
Ritter, Geralyn - Vice President

Excuse me. I would echo some of these themes,

and particularly the one of enforcement. Fake Chinese medicines

are a threat not only to Chinese...

01:27:4030 sec.
Baranay, Peter F. - Representative

If I could echo what Chairman Levin said, I

think the timing with the Olympics in 2008 is extremely

auspicious. I think that the world will...

01:28:101 sec.
Meek, Kendrick - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

01:28:114 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Well, thank you. An excellent question, and

an excellent panel. You represent four vital sectors--motion

picture, publishing, pharmaceuticals,...

01:33:065 min.
Goodish, John H. - Executive V.P. and COO

I am happy to testify today about a topic that

is crucial not only to the U.S. steel industry but to all

American manufacturers. That is...

01:38:333 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you.

Frank Vargo, welcome.

STATEMENT OF FRANKLIN J. VARGO, VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION...

01:38:366 min.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Herger, Members of

the Subcommittee. I am very pleased to be here on behalf of the

National Association of...

01:44:464 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

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Mr. Bassett.

STATEMENT OF JOHN D. BASSETT, III, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF...

01:44:504 min.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the

Subcommittee. Good morning. My name is John Bassett. I am the

Chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture...

01:49:495 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you.

Mr. Tyrone.

STATEMENT OF JAMES C. TYRONE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES

AND MARKETING, NEWPAGE CORPORATION, DAYTON,...

01:49:545 min.
Tyrone, James C. - Senior Vice President

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Herger, Members of the

Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to

appear before you today on the issue...

01:54:563 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you so much.

Dr. Navarro.

STATEMENT OF PETER NAVARRO, PH.D., PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, THE PAUL MERAGE SCHOOL...

01:54:597 min.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

Thank you for the invitation. My message to

you today is a simple one. The Administration has

underestimated the scope of the China problem...

02:02:38
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much.

Well, there are eight of us, and there may be one or more

joining us. We are going to try to finish by 12:30. Why don't

we...

02:02:381 min.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I think the

point that Chairman Levin made really is right on. We need to

be enforcing these rules. I...

02:04:191 min.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Mr. Herger, I don't have the answer to that.

Certainly, their labor laws are very, very different from ours.

You read so many instances...

02:05:343 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Yes. Anyone else have a comment, like to

comment on this?

02:05:3725 sec.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

Well, I would just refer you to that table.

Labor costs are about 40 percent of the China price advantage.

If you were to tighten up everything...

02:06:022 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you very much.

02:06:0424 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

All right. Let's follow our procedure that

we outlined. Mr. Reynolds, you will be next, if that is okay.

He didn't have a chance the first...

02:06:2838 sec.
Reynolds, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York

Some firms are impatient with the U.S. trade

remedies law in context with China because it is expensive to

bring many of these cases, and...

02:07:0634 sec.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

Let me say two things about that. First of all

is that the WTO rules really overly narrowly define just what a

subsidy is. So, the kinds...

02:07:4059 sec.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Could I add to that? What you say is certainly

true. These trade cases are expensive. They are lengthy. For

our members, particularly our...

02:08:394 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I think Mr. Bassett wanted to say

something.

02:08:433 sec.
Reynolds, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York

I am sorry, I didn't hear the Chairman.

02:08:46
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

What?

02:08:461 sec.
Reynolds, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York

I didn't hear you.

02:08:478 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I think Mr. Bassett wanted to comment on

that. You shook your head. Mr. Bassett, did you want to comment

on that issue?

02:08:5528 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

I only have one comment. I thoroughly enjoyed

listening to the professor give us the percentages of what each

of these advantages are. I...

02:09:23
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Amen.

02:09:2312 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

Exchange part of this puzzle is out there. I

think so often, if we can't put the puzzle together, nothing

happens.

02:09:3515 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I thought you would have words of wisdom.

No, seriously. I think you sum it up beautifully, if I might

say so.

Mr. Blumenauer, Mr....

02:09:501 min.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I think

this panel was extraordinarily helpful in terms of getting at

the big picture from a variety of...

02:11:302 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Mr. Goodish, do you want to say a word

about that?

02:11:323 sec.
Goodish, John H. - Executive V.P. and COO

I guess I am not following the question

exactly.

02:11:3539 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

I am wondering if these products that you

are talking about that have been lavishly subsidized, that have

not been in full compliance of...

02:12:1437 sec.
Goodish, John H. - Executive V.P. and COO

I think it would be very difficult for us as

the manufacturers to be able to assure you that they do not.

When you go to stamping plants...

02:12:5121 sec.
Tyrone, James C. - Senior Vice President

As it relates to paper products, I would

actually be very surprised if they did not. The reason that

would be the case is the countries...

02:13:1234 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

I realize my time is expired, Mr. Chairman,

but I would like to explore--I am not interested in a lot of

bureaucracy; I am not interested...

02:13:462 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

It is an interesting point. Interesting.

02:13:482 sec.
Blumenauer, Earl - U.S. Representative, [D] Oregon

Thank you.

02:13:505 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

We will try to follow up.

Mr. Weller.

02:13:5552 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a helpful

panel, and as we go through this process looking at what we

consider illegal subsidies, discussion...

02:14:4749 sec.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Well, to begin with, many of our companies don't

have the resources to have investigators go over and see just

why the prices are so low....

02:15:363 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Others want to comment on that question?

02:15:391 min.
Goodish, John H. - Executive V.P. and COO

I think it is correct. It is extremely

difficult for us to be able to gather the facts on exactly what

the manufacturing cost is. You can...

02:17:051 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Anyone else?

02:17:0644 sec.
Tyrone, James C. - Senior Vice President

If I may, it was certainly our observation of

the prices being offered by Chinese producers relative to our

costs that led us to believe...

02:17:502 sec.
Weller, Gerald "Jerry" C. - U.S. Representative, [R] Illinois

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

02:17:523 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Mr. Pascrell.

02:17:552 min.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

In your testimony, Mr. Vargo, on page 8 of that testimony

you talk about America's trade deficit. Two paragraphs...

02:20:131 min.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

You are right on. Well, not only are the jobs

we are losing--one of the problems I am having right now is so

many of my suppliers have disappeared....

02:21:153 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Chocolate.

02:21:185 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

The proposition is that you can buy flowers

for Valentine's less expensively today than you ever bought

them.

02:21:23
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

That is correct.

02:21:2317 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

Which probably is true. I can't argue with

those facts. If the only premise for trade, gentlemen, is is

the price cheaper, then we are right...

02:21:4019 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Well, doesn't it get you nervous, though,

when the representative of trade says that to this Committee in

response to a particular question?...

02:21:593 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

I agree with you. Let me tell you the example

I use when people ask for it.

02:22:021 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Sure.

02:22:0315 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

I come from a very small Southern town in

Southern Virginia. Years ago, when I was a young man, there

used to be a lot of bootlegging going...

02:22:182 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

I will take your word for it.

02:22:2028 sec.
Bassett, John D. III - Chairman and CEO

But it was against the law to make it, to own

it, or to drink it. It was illegal. The ox that was getting

gored was the Federal and State...

02:22:484 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Mr. Chairman, can I ask one more quick

question?

02:22:525 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Yes. I don't think we wanted to finish on

that point.

[Laughter.]

Though I think it is a very good one.

02:22:572 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Very illustrative.

02:22:593 sec.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

Can I just make one quick point on this?

02:23:022 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Yes, sir.

02:23:048 sec.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

There is a lot of focus in blue collar

manufacturing and how all those jobs have gone. I come here

today to tell you that the same thing...

02:23:121 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Absolutely.

02:23:134 sec.
Navarro, Peter - Associate Professor

If we lose those jobs as well, it is going to

be us living the peasant life.

02:23:172 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

I agree with you.

02:23:194 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Mr. Pascrell, one other thing. Don't lose

the power of Mr. Bassett's last point, though.

02:23:2322 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

I will not lose that. Thank you for bringing

that up.

Mr. Vargo, back to the question. What is your organization

doing to protect...

02:23:4557 sec.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Several things. First of all, we are pressing

hard to ensure that the rules are followed, particularly in

this case in subsidies. We are...

02:24:421 sec.
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Thank you.

02:24:431 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I wasn't going to mention this. We have a

minute left before we are supposed to recess.

Mr. Vargo, the Korea FTA is being negotiated. They...

02:25:5418 sec.
Vargo, Franklin J. - Vice President

Mr. Levin, could I just quickly respond? We have

been pressing hard for a free trade agreement with Korea, not

because of tariffs but because...

02:26:123 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

It has to be measurable. We have to find a

way to tie their benefit from reduced tariffs to our access in

a measurable way. That is the...

02:29:322 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Why don't we go into it?

02:29:346 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay. So, we welcome formally, more

officially, the USTR, Trade Representative Karan Bhatia.

Welcome.

THE HONORABLE KARAN K. BHATIA,...

02:29:408 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you very much, Chairman Levin, Ranking

Member Herger. Let me start by noting that I'm really delighted

to be able to be here today...

02:38:301 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Take your time. Take your time.

02:38:311 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you. On subsidies and IPR, these are two

clearly critical topics. They are two topics that perhaps pose

some of the greatest challenges...

02:40:136 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very, very much. So, let's have a

good back-and-forth for a few minutes.

02:40:19
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Great.

02:40:196 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Others may join us, but with Mr. Herger and

myself, this is an important gathering in our eyes. Let me just

repeat what I said both on the...

02:46:193 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Yes, that's right.

02:46:2223 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay. Now they identified 70, and that's

only a partial report, 70 subsidy programs, and they're

probably just the tip of the iceberg. Your...

02:46:453 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

The case that we have--the consultations?

02:46:485 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Right. It's not a case. These are the

consultations. So, they cover how many of the 70?

02:46:5313 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

It's not a simple area. There are 9 subsidies

at issue. Some are in those 70 and some are things that we

found on our own. So, they're not--it's...

02:47:0622 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

By the way, a lot of these subsidies, some

of them were known years ago. I won't bother you with the list,

but many of them were known as...

02:47:281 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Yes, that's right.

02:47:293 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay. So, that leaves a lot of them out.

02:47:321 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

That's correct.

02:47:3314 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

So, tell us as quickly as you can the

strategy why those 9, what about all the others?

02:47:4711 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Should I go ahead and respond now, Mr.

Chairman? Okay. Would you like me to respond--you had a couple

of other points that I'd be happy...

02:47:582 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Touch on everything.

02:48:001 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Okay. Why don't we start maybe with this last

one.

02:48:012 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay.

02:48:033 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Then I can go back through some of the others.

The Chinese subsidy notification was filed last spring after we

pushed substantially--during...

02:51:422 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Please.

02:51:445 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

In response. Actually, perhaps I

could just add one final point on subsidies. I think your

focusing this hearing on subsidies is extremely...

02:57:401 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Just briefly--by the way, Mr. Vargo's

testimony about the drop in exports in manufacturing we want to

look at. Let me just say on the pipe...

02:58:541 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Yes.

02:58:5520 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Subsidization is clearly part of it. We had

better get ready to handle the issue of their increased imports

here from subsidized industries....

02:59:158 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to our

Committee.

02:59:231 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you.

02:59:241 min.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Thank you for the work that you're doing.

Really listening to the testimony and the questions from both

sides of the aisle, it really sounds...

03:00:5145 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Congressman, there are three cases, three

requests for consultation, basically, the commencement of cases

in the WTO that we have pursued....

03:01:3610 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

How many cases have other trading partners that

you--in addition to what you've just mentioned, Japan, other

trading partners, how many...

03:01:462 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Against China? None.

03:01:4843 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

So, as few as we've brought, no one else has

brought any. This leads into my question. My concern is the

fact that other countries would...

03:02:314 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

I think, Congressman Herger, there's probably a

couple part answer to that.

03:02:355 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

I might ask, these other countries are

experiencing the same concerns we are, aren't they?

03:02:402 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Yes. Yes they are I think.

03:02:422 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

It's not just the United States that's----

03:02:442 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

I think that is a fair point. To some extent,

China's commitments, have, as we've described, been phased in

over the course of time. So,...

03:04:5017 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Sir, are we working with them? You mentioned

that the EU did join us in two of these, Japan. Do we have

others that are working with us?...

03:05:0730 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

We are. We are, Congressman, and we do a fair

amount--I think there is not a meeting that goes by where I

don't meet with my EU counterpart,...

03:05:371 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Very good. Thank you.

03:05:381 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you.

03:05:393 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you very much. Mr. Crowley.

03:05:423 sec.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Bhatia, welcome

to the Committee.

03:05:452 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you.

03:05:4742 sec.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Mr. Bhatia, my city, New York, has a strong

competitive advantage in the financial services sector,

something that myself and a number of...

03:06:293 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Congressman Crowley, the financial services

commitments that China made are a very high priority for us. We

recognize fully the importance...

03:10:0918 sec.
Crowley, Joseph - U.S. Representative, [D] New York

Figuratism is a form of subsidization as well,

I believe. I think that's what's going on China when it comes

to the financial services sector...

03:10:274 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you.

Mr. CROWLEY, but this case only covers 7 of the 70-plus

subsidies China recently reported to the WTO four years after

the...

03:14:5125 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Thank you. Let me just ask Mr. Crowley, Mr.

Crowley, before you have to go, is it possible that a Chinese

requirement that a financial services...

03:15:162 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Mr. Chairman----

03:15:185 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

I think in answer to Mr. Crowley you said

that there was a new regulation.

03:15:231 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Yes.

03:15:246 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

That it, I thought you said required that

the entity be a subsidiary?

03:15:3023 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

The issue is subsidy versus branching, is what

we're talking about here. So, that these are regulations that

the Chinese have put out to...

03:15:535 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Their regulation says what regarding being

a sub or a branch?

03:15:5821 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

The regulations allow foreign banks that have

incorporated in China to provide the range of services that

we're looking to allow our companies...

03:16:196 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

So, they would allow a completely foreign-

owned bank to have a full range of services?

03:16:255 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

We are trying to figure out whether the

regulations as applied are going to permit that or not.

03:16:307 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

If they don't, it would be out of

compliance?

03:16:3749 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

It would, I think, Mr. Levin--I don't want to

misspeak to you on whether there would be a WTO case there or

not. I do know that our industry...

03:17:261 min.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Okay. Lastly, when you referred to the

request for consultations, when you referred to that, it's

interesting that the footnotes, in the...

03:19:0436 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Maybe one last question, Mr. Chairman. Mr.

Bhatia, the USTR brought the prohibited subsidy case against

China because these prohibited subsidies...

03:19:401 min.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Congressman Herger, that is challenging. I

don't deny the fact that the case we were able to bring, we

were able to bring because it was...

03:21:301 sec.
Herger, Walter "Wally" - U.S. Representative, [R] California

Very good. Thank you.

03:21:312 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

Well, thank you very much. It's been very

useful.

03:21:331 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

Thank you.

03:21:342 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

We'll be seeing much of each other.

03:21:363 sec.
Bhatia, Karan K. - Deputy Trade Representative

I look forward to it.

03:21:3931 sec.
Levin, Sander Martin - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan

We stand in adjournment.

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