Chamber Hosts Reps. Larsen, Kirk, and Israel for Address on “U.S.-China Competitiveness Agenda,” March 13, 2008

On March 13th the U.S. Chamber hosted a forum with Congressmen Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark Kirk (R-NY), and Steve Israel (D-NY) to discuss the "U.S.-China Competitiveness Agenda." The Congressmen shared their views on the nature of the U.S.-China economic relationship, how the U.S. can bolster its competitiveness with China, and how to expand resources for bilateral engagement.

The "U.S.-China Competitiveness Agenda" is a series of four pieces of legislation introduced last year by Representatives Larsen, Kirk, Israel and Susan Davis (D-CA) that seek to offset punitive China legislation currently under consideration in Congress. The bills would among other things: increase resources for small and medium-size American businesses exporting to the China market; create new cooperative energy ties between the U.S. and China; make more funds available for Chinese language teaching in the U.S.; and expand America's diplomatic infrastructure in China.

The archived webcast can be viewed here.

In addition, the Chamber expressed its strong support for Congressmen Larsen, Kirk, Israel, and Davis’ efforts in a press release, which can be found here.