America. This is just over two hours. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone and good morning. Senatorsing to have participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficult to determine when they showed up virtually, we will go on seniority. If that is agreeable, that is what we will do. Three we welcome witnesses. David stillwell, secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs. The senior pacific official. Assistant to pity secretary for western affairs. Today, of course, we are going to be talking about china. Obviously, china presents us with many challenges. With opportunities also. Right now, challenges. Ofre has been a lot legislation introduced as far as china is concerned. Bill we introduced earlier that tries to bring together as many as possible. I am told as recently as today or yesterday, the minority introduced a bill of which senator schumer is the lead sponsor, i am told. In any event, this is not a partisan issue. This is an
Work of our National Innovation initiative. Now, another 17 years later, here we are again, once again finding ourselves at the precipice of transformational change. Today well hear stories about these changes as theyre foundational to our Flagship National commission on innovation and competitiveness frontiers. The commission cochaired by the Council Board on this stage is a multiyear effort to reimagine americas innovation potential and to chart a new path for competitiveness in the 21st century. And as this slide shows, just a little less than a year ago, with our core leadership team, we began to build this effort. And by august we had pulled together a powerful and diverse set of commissioners, nearly 60 leaders from across this country from industry, from academia, from our Labor Union Community and our National Labs. And the commission has already started their work. As deborah mentioned, todays launch is our 2020 roadmap of activities that we hope will change the future traject
A postbrexit trade talk. Matt good morning, lets take a look at what you need to know this morning, starting with gold. It is on track for a fifth day of gains. Lets look at the nasdaq, why dont we . Yeartodate to date, hitting another alltime high. There you see gold. Actually down this morning. If it rises, it will be a fifth straight day. Interesting to look at u. S. Treasuries right now. We do have a story out on the bloomberg where Michael Kelly from pine bridge investment expects it to be up to. 5 in the spring. Almost 100 billion. Have to listen to what he says about the 10 year yield. In asia overnight we see gains in european futures. Tech shares is really the top headline. Amazon was among the top performers. It reported a recordbreaking Holiday Season. Bloombergs index of consumer comfort hit a nine week high on greater optimism about the economy. What do you think about all of the good news we have had on tech in the Holiday Season . Haseems like the growth expanded at a re
About a new future for the United States 2003 was a period of change 17 years after our founding we recognize the nation Inflection Point with significant change which led to the work of our National Innovation initiative and now another 17 years later here we are again. Once again finding yourselves in a transformational change. To hear stories about these changes as they are foundational with innovation and competitiveness the commission cochaired is a multiyear effort for americans innovation potential to have a new path and the 21st century. And as this slide shows a little less than a year ago of poor leadership we begin to build this effort and by august pulled together a powerful and diverse set of commissioners from across the country from industry and academia and the labor union and today is the 2020 roadmap of activities that we hope will change the future and trajectory of American Innovation and to make this happen with hundreds of advisors and innovation practitioners wit
Once again finding yourselves in a transformational change. To hear stories about these changes as they are foundational with innovation and competitiveness the commission cochaired is a multiyear effort for americans innovation potential to have a new path and the 21st century. And as this slide shows a little less than a year ago of poor leadership we begin to build this effort and by august pulled together a powerful and diverse set of commissioners from across the country from industry and academia and the labor union and today is the 2020 roadmap of activities that we hope will change the future and trajectory of American Innovation and to make this happen with hundreds of advisors and innovation practitioners with this new innovation agenda and movement for americana. This morning our Commission Leadership will share their Top Priorities of the strategy and i would like to look at a future centered around a more sustainable approach of production consumption and the benefits of a