United States Secretary of Commerce: Sino-US trade friction overplayed

Locke: European sovereign debt crises make Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue even more urgent

United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai at a luncheon held at the United States Commerce Secretary Locke said "the United States has been holding the door to the green energy market."

United States Commerce Secretary Locke in Shanghai yesterday urged China to buy more goods, the United States to help reduce friction in US-China relations arising from the tremendous trade imbalance.

But he also recognized that the United States trade friction be exaggerating, "the United States and China between any point trade differences will be rendered as arrows in a trade war", "we must remember that these differences relate only to trade between our two countries the activities of a small part of it. "For example, according to the 2009 trade data, subject to the anti-dumping or countervailing duty regulations affect only imported from China United States less than 3%.

Locke is the rate of the Obama administration's first cabinet-level trade delegation to visit China to promote United States clean energy technologies and products, Shanghai is the second stop of the trip.

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"U.s.-China trade deficit is clearly a need to reduce. "Locke in Shanghai on media that reach this goal" has two components: the increase in the United States exports to China, and China increase domestic consumption to reduce the dependence on export. "

He believes that, over the past few years, causing instability of the global economic events, including the recent European sovereign debt crises, has let the Chinese leaders recognized the need to find a new model of economic growth, "China's leaders recognize the economy cannot be overly reliant on exports, particularly EU internal crisis, the EU is China's main export markets of goods. ”

In Shanghai, a short press conference, when asked "do they think that the European crisis that China is the Renminbi issues more alert, thereby changing the Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue environment", Locke said, "I'm sure cannot ignore this issue", "I think that this means that the two countries on economic policy and economic recovery of the dialogue on the future balance might feel tight. ”

Subsequently, he refused to RMB more comment, call this before the United States Treasury Secretary Geithner.

Locke also reaffirmed the United States is considering amending the proposal of the export control policy, will be released within a few months, which may modify the programme as a high-tech exports to China. He believes that China exports to the United States in 97% are not subject to United States punitive tariffs.

China has been urging the United States loosened the high-tech exports to China. United States Congress in the 1990s hardening the export controls, notably concern China gets high-tech secret United States, but the Obama administration has proposed that these control measures for a major reform.

"Trade differences should not be exaggerated"

Locke on 18 may arrive in Shanghai, except in the evening visit to the United States Pavilion at Shanghai Expo, the same day he also rate 29 46 United States company executives visited the Shanghai Qingpu export processing zone, Shanghai, Pratt and Whitney engine maintenance co., Ltd. (Shanghai Pratt and Whitney engine Center). 19, he also visited the Shanghai trade rate Dow Center.

19, United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and the US-China Business Council luncheon co-hosted, Locke speech vigorously promote United States clean energy. He said, "Sino-US trade differences should not be exaggerated, the two countries face many of the same challenges such as climate change and energy, and many other areas that need to be strongly between the two countries ' cooperation to achieve win-win situation '. ”

Locke said that the number of middle class now has increased significantly over the next 30 years global weekly will build two power stations, energy demand is very large, and the United States is holding to the gate of the green energy market.

He recognized that for China to promote use of renewable energy and improving building energy efficiency measures for United States Enterprise provides a huge opportunity, United States enterprises in China's manufacturing facilities in the area of investment to support United States employment because many entered China finished production of parts in the United States.

According to the plan, in late may, the Chinese commerce Minister Assistant Wang Chao will lead a delegation to the United States to participate in the "Sino-American Summit of new energy vehicle", and access the Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and California.

"The Internet should be free and open"

At yesterday's luncheon, Locke once again criticized China's market access policy and expressed concern about China's intellectual property rights.

"I and the United States corporate leaders hear of the conversation, they are most worried about things is the lack of transparency. Enterprises often do not know what the rules are, how to do, and how decision making. "Locke said," and often no public comment period, allowing enterprises to new rules and provides feedback. ”

He further cited at the end of last year there was a disturbing events: the Chinese Government issued a new certification system of independent innovation, bringing domestic enterprises in government procurement project tendering represent a significant advantage. Many United States enterprises for this policy very surprised, because "policy, the Government has not listened to any of the affected enterprises, nor accept any public review". Locke's view, "in the long run, this limits the import of foreign direct investment and will undermine rather than promote China's innovation environment. Because, foreign investment and imports may be Chinese people new products and services, and strengthening the Chinese partner enterprise of innovative practice. ”

The media asked to "against Internet censorship is a barrier to trade, the United States the response for this how to," Locke said that the United States position on this issue has been that the Internet should be free and open, the United States against any of the Internet, "because the Internet to promote people's learning and communication, the United States want to Internet, the less the better management and control. ”

United States to put pressure on China's independent innovation policy

Locke yesterday also stated that the forthcoming

Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue is an important opportunity, United States Secretary of State Hillary, Treasury Secretary Geithner and he himself will participate. He said that the dialogue on topics of broad, clean energy cooperation is key. Locke will visit Beijing today.

A new round of Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue will be held May 24-25, held in Beijing. United States local time on May 18, United States trade representative, Kirk (RonKirk) expressed in Washington and Locke similar concerns. Kirk said the United States will focus on intellectual property protection and innovation policy in China. It is learnt that Kirk will Minister of Commerce Chen Deming of China and Iran.

Kirk said: "we will continue to urge China to strengthen intellectual property protection, and desalination flawed policies, such as the innovation policy. ”

Kirk that encourage innovation policy, means that the process of China's opening to the outside world.

He also said that intellectual property issues, China failed to prevent fake and shoddy products.