国内英语资讯:High-level think-tank dialogue focuses on China-U.S. economic, trade ties_时事

国内英语资讯:High-level think-tank dialogue focuses on China-U.S. economic, trade ties

Citing the successful presidential meeting, the initial achievements of the 100-Day Plan and the participation of a U.S. delegation in last month's Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, the speakers and dialogue participants noted that U.S.-China relations are moving toward a more stable, constructive and sustainable direction.

Calling economic and trade cooperation the "ballast stone" for the development of bilateral relations, they agreed that the Chinese and U.S. economies are highly complementary, and that the 100-Day Plan can play a major, positive role in promoting U.S.-China economic and trade relations in the new era, especially in the rebalancing of bilateral trade.

With bilateral economic and trade relations "at a critical stage," they said, think-tanks from both sides should better communicate and work together to provide sound policy advice for both governments, so as to help bridge the gaps, reduce differences, expand cooperation and achieve win-win outcomes.

In their open and candid exchange of views, the Chinese participants expressed concerns about the rigid national security reviews on Chinese enterprises coming to invest in the United States, while their American counterparts raised some questions about the foreign investment environment in China.

Nevertheless, both sides urged their governments to facilitate the early completion of negotiations on the U.S.-China bilateral investment treaty (BIT), and to launch broader negotiations on a bilateral investment and trade treaty (BITT) when the time is ripe, so as to further expand cooperation in areas like high-tech products and services.