USCC Holds a Hearing on US-China Competition Under the Sea

The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), a legislative branch commission to monitor, investigate, and report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and China, holds a hearing on U.S.-China Competition Under the Sea on the morning of March 2.

Agenda

9:15 a.m.–9:20 a.m. ET: Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks

9:20 a.m.–10:25 a.m. ET: Panel I: U.S. Navy’s Perspective on Growing Threat to U.S. Undersea Superiority

Vice Admiral Richard Seif, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces
Rear Admiral Mike Brookes, Commander, Office of Naval Intelligence

10:30 a.m.–11:35 a.m. ET: Panel II: China’s Strategy and Growing Undersea Capabilities

Michael Studeman, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Michael Horowitz, Director of Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania

11:40 a.m.–12:55 p.m. ET: Panel III: Undersea Infrastructure and Strategic Resources

Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Seaver Wang, Director of Climate and Energy, The Breakthrough Institute
David Calhoun, Director, Baron

12:55 p.m.–1 p.m. ET: Closing Remarks