Chinese vice Premier Wu Yi has arrived in Washington on Monday for the second strategic economic dialogue between China and the and the United States scheduled to begin on Tuesday. [Photo: Chinanews.com.cn] 
| Chinese vice Premier Wu Yi has arrived in Washington on Monday for the second strategic economic dialogue between China and the and the United States scheduled to begin on Tuesday. [Photo: Chinanews.com.cn]
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It's time again for high-profile diplomacy in China-US trade relations. After the groundbreaking strategic economic dialogue held last December in Beijing, the world is now watching as the second one in Washington. Between then and now though, the US has filed two WTO complaints against China. The trade deficit and currency dispute seem to continue to add salt to the wounds. To prepare himself better for the talks, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is said to have given up the chance to attend the G8 Finance Meeting in Germany last weekend. And for her part, the Chinese trade envoy, Vice Premier Wu Yi warned on the eve of the talks that attempts to politicize trade issues should be resisted. Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, China's only English-language political current affairs program, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. In this edition of the show, we'll tap both an American and a Chinese expert to get their insight on how common grounds can be found in China-US trade relations. So let's get started. First, to shed some light on the issues under discussion in the second China-US economic dialogue, we're joined by Professor Gerard Adams, a Freeman Foundation Professor of Economics with the University of Pennsylvania who's currently teaching down in east China's Nanjing. (Dialogue with Adams) And when we come back, we'll get a Chinese perspective. Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, CRI's daily political current affairs program, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. I'm Paul James in Beijing. To give us a Chinese perspective we're joined on the line by Professor Zha Xiaogang from the Department of American Studies with the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. (Dialogue with Zha) |
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