U.s. Commerce Secretary: Stressed Boycott Trade Protection

Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming met infinance, biology, information, energy, environment,
Washington, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Garymedicine and health, and many other areas of wider
Locke, the two sides on further developing Sino-UScooperation. China will strive to promote the balanced
economic and trade relations in-depth exchange ofdevelopment of bilateral trade, encourage Chinese
views, and unanimously stressed the joint to resistenterprises to invest in the United States also
trade protectionism.welcomes the enterprises to actively invest in China
Chen Deming said that Sino-US summit meeting inand the United States, hopes the United States to
London shortly before the building of the twenty-firstrelax export controls to China, as Chinese companies
century, a common positive Cooperation Consensusinvesting in the United States to provide a level
on a comprehensive Sino-US relations, the newplaying field. Fourth, to enhance mutual understanding,
position of Strengthening the bilateral economic andenhance mutual trust, to respect and care for each
trade cooperation and set higher requirements.other's interests and concerns, achieve mutual benefit
Exacerbated the financial crisis situation, abandonand win-win situation. Recently, the U.S. domestic oil
trade protectionism, consolidate and develop Sino-USindustry have on the tube, tire launch "anti-dumping,
economic and trade cooperation, the two countriescountervailing," "special safeguard measures" for the
and the world economy are important. Chen Deminginvestigation and hope the U.S. administration in
on strengthening China-US economic and tradeaccordance with the G20 summit to oppose trade
cooperation put forward four proposals, one from aprotectionism, the consensus of caution trade
strategic height and long-term perspective and handleremedy measures, objective and fair handle the
China-US economic and trade relations, graspproblem. Gary Locke, said the new U.S. government
common interests and constructive direction, give fullattaches great importance to US-China bilateral
play to China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue,relations and hopes that through joint cooperation,
China-US Joint high-level dialogue on bilateral economicpromote bilateral trade and friendly relations between
and trade committee and other mechanisms, andtwo peoples. United States and China benefit from
properly resolve economic and trade frictions.the continuous development of bilateral economic and
Second, the development of vision and open mind,trade cooperation, expand mutual investment across
expand mutually beneficial cooperation to jointly copethe Pacific have long-term strategic interests of both
with the financial crisis, trade and investmentcountries, the two sides should continue to open their
protectionism, as opposed to the current focus onmarkets to jointly resist trade protectionism. Ministers
deepening the China-US economic and tradefrom both sides also are concerned about Sino-US
cooperation, and jointly promote the resumption ofJoint Commission preparation, relaxation of export
the Doha Round negotiations as soon as possible.controls, visas for business personnel exchanges, to
Third, vigorously carry two-way trade andfacilitate the provision of exchange of views on such
investment promotion activities, in the high-tech,issues.