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Co-op is key word for first China-U.S. S&ED: U.S. Congressman

Published: 26/07/2009 05:00

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Cooperation is the key word for the first round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), said a U.S. congressman on Sunday.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L2) meets with U.S. Congressmen in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2009, the day before the first round of the China-U.S. Economic and Strategic Dialogue, which is to be held in Washington, D.C. from July 27 to 28. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan)

“I think members of Congress want to see the United States and China are cooperating in a number of issues,” Rick Larsen, who serves as co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working group at Congress, said in an interview with Xinhua after a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan.

The congressman from Washington State noted that cooperation on global economic recovery is particularly important, in which China has played a key role as the largest developing country in the world.

When asked if Congress has any particular expectation on the dialogue from July 27 to 28 in Washington, D.C., he said that his fellows want to see two countries taking some steps moving forward on the climate change, even though there is no agreement signed asa result.

“Most importantly, Congress wants to see this dialogue result in long-term agenda on economic and strategic issues,” he said. “Over time, China and the U.S. can work together.”

Different from the previous strategic economic dialogue between China and Bush’s administration, the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which was established earlier this year by U.S. President Barack Obama’s government and the Chinese government, includes two tracks.

The “Strategic Track” of the dialogue will be co-chaired by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner will co-chair the “Economic Track.”

Comparing ways of Bush and Obama administrations’ in engaging China in the dialogue, Larsen said that the latter has done “slightly better by bringing all of these issues under one umbrella so they can be talked about all at once.”

From addressing economic and strategic issues separately to doing it together, “it is the natural progression of development of relations between the U.S. and China,” he added.

He also expressed his confidence in Chinese leaders that they would “accurately and directly communicate” with American counterparts about any concern they have and develop the long-term agenda on cooperation.

“I have full confidence in our administration as well to be clear and direct so we can get cooperation between China and the U.S. on the challenges that are facing us together.”

The mechanism of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue was jointly launched by Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama during their meeting in April in London, as a way to show elevation of the importance of China-U.S. cooperation under the new historical circumstances.

VietNamNet/Xinhuanet

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