Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) (C), chair of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, joins Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) (L) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) for a information convention following a GOP caucus assembly on the Republican National Committee workplaces on Capitol Hill on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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A gaggle of lawmakers will journey to California to satisfy with tech and media executives, together with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Disney CEO Bob Iger, to debate China-related matters, CNBC has confirmed.
Around a dozen lawmakers representing each events on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party are set to make the three-day journey, led by Chair Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., a spokesperson for the committee instructed CNBC. Bloomberg and Axios reported beforehand reported particulars of the journey.
The journey highlights how the committee’s work might affect the tech and media industries, which have an curiosity in each the massive shopper market and workforce in China. Just final week, Cook, whose firm depends on China’s huge workforce for cellphone manufacturing, met with China’s minister of commerce about provide chain points.
Gallagher has beforehand stated he needs Iger and Big Tech executives to testify earlier than the panel.
Besides Cook and Iger, members of the group are anticipated to satisfy with Microsoft President Brad Smith, Alphabet President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker, and executives from Palantir and ScaleAI.
Members of the delegation additionally plan to satisfy with enterprise capitalists, trade specialists, Hollywood producers and former studio executives and screenwriters, Axios earlier reported.
The full roster of choose committee members who will probably be in attendance will not be but clear, however a House aide confirmed to CNBC that Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley, will probably be amongst them.
Companies named on this report both didn’t instantly reply or didn’t present a remark.
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