Michael R. Wessel

Michael R. Wessel is an American commissioner of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission since 2001, and president of The Wessel Group, a public affairs consulting firm. Wessel previously worked for House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt from 1977 until 1998, becoming General Counsel for congressman Gephardt in 1991. He became a Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute in 1996, and has worked for the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama.[1][2][3]

For persons of a similar name, see Michael Wessel (disambiguation).
Mike Wessel
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA, JD)

Biography

Early life

He received a B.A. and a J.D. from George Washington University.[2]

Career

He worked for Missouri Democratic Representative Dick Gephardt for more than twenty years.[2][3] Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute in 1996.[1] In 1999, he was appointed by the United States Congress to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission which published its report to Congress in 2000.

In 2001, he was appointed by the United States Congress as a commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.[1][3] He was reappointed from 2003 to 2021.[3] From 1999 to 2005, he served as Senior Vice President with the Downey McGrath Group, a lobbying firm co-founded by Thomas Downey and Raymond J. McGrath.[1] He served as its Executive Vice President in 2006.[1]

He worked on the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.[3] In May 2006, he founded The Wessel Group, a consulting firm on government, politics, and international affairs.[2] He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[2] He serves as staff chair to the Labor Advisory Committee, a statutory trade advisory committee to the United States Trade Representative and Secretary of Labor.

He has been a frequent commentator on television, radio and in print media. He has authored articles that have appeared in a variety of international publications. He has also appeared numerous times as a witness at Congressional hearings.

He sits on the Board of Directors of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (since 2005).[1][2][3]

Personal life

He is married to Andrea Wessel, and they have four children.[3]

Bibliography
  • An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century (Public Affairs, 1999)
  • The Huawei Security Threat: There is a genuine national security need to block a Chinese investment in U.S. telecommunications, Michael Wessel and Larry Wortzel, The Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2010
  • U.S. Should Seek Reciprocity with China, Michael Wessel, Financial Times, December 11, 2011
  • Chinese purchase of Complete Genomics requires scrutiny, Michael Wessel and Larry Wortzel, The Mercury News, December 10, 2012
  • Another View: China wants to buy from others, not open its markets, Michael Wessel and Daniel Slane, The Des Moines Register, June 7, 2013
  • Growing U.S.-China Investment? Not a BIT, Michael Wessel, The Hill, March 10, 2015
  • The Trans Pacific Partnership won’t fix our China problem, Michael Wessel, The Hill, April 17, 2015
  • The TPP: Why it Won’t Address Security Concerns with China, Michael Wessel and Dan Slane, Council on Foreign Relations, Renewing America, May 15, 2015
  • I’ve read Obama’s Trade Deal. Elizabeth Warren is Right to be Concerned, Politico, May 19, 2015
  • Why the U.S. Should Be Wary of Chinese Money: China’s investment comes with a hidden agenda. And a secretive new treaty is about to make it worse, Politico, September 24, 2015
  • We need a slow, step-by-step restart with China, The Washington Post, May 24, 2020

Testimony:

  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, “Made in the USA: Manufacturing Policy, the Defense Industrial Base, and U.S. National Security”. September 22, 2010
  • House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee, Hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. December 14, 2011
  • Congressional-Executive Commission on China, “The Broken Promises of China’s WTO Accession: Reprioritizing Human Rights”. March 1, 2017
  • House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Joint Oversight and Research and Technology Subcommittees Hearing, “Scholars or Spies: Foreign Plots Targeting America’s Research and Development”. April 11, 2018.
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, “A Multilateral and Strategic Response to International Predatory Economic Practices”. May 9, 2018.
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, “Winning the Race to 5G and the Next Era of Technology Innovation in the United States”. February 6, 2018.
  • Senate Finance Committee, US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), appearing as Staff Chair of the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy to the USTR and Secretary of Labor. July 30, 2019.
  • House Energy & Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee, "Safeguarding Pharmaceutical Supply Chains in a Global Economy", October 30, 2019
  • Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Security Subcommittee, "The China Challenge: Realignment of U.S. Economic Policies to Build Resilience and Competitiveness", July 30, 2020

References
  1. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Board of Directors
  2. The Wessel Group
  3. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission biography Archived 2012-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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