Niels Graham is a Policy Analyst specializing in Economics and Trade at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission since April 2024. Previously, Niels served as Associate Director, Assistant Director, and Program Assistant at the Atlantic Council from January 2021 to April 2024. At McLarty Associates, Niels worked in the Multilateralism Practice from February 2020 to January 2021, providing strategic advisory services to clients. Niels also gained experience at Albright Stonebridge Group in the Global Practice role in late 2019 and completed an internship in the Office of the President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from March to August 2019. An internship in Private Equity was undertaken at BlackRock in the summer of 2017. Niels holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs, completed in 2020, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2017.
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) was created by the United States Congress on October 30, 2000 by the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 2001 (codified at 22 U.S.C. §7002) with the legislative mandate to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where appropriate, to Congress for legislative and administrative action. In accordance with its mandate, the Commission focuses its work and study on the following eleven areas: proliferation practices, economic transfers, energy and natural resources, foreign investment, military and security affairs, cyber activities, economic conditions, foreign affairs, compliance and enforcement, freedom of information, and product safety. The Commission has 12 members, three of whom are appointed by each of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House. The Commissioners serve two-year terms. The Commissioners are supported by policy and administrative staff with extensive backgrounds in trade, economics, national security, foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations.