foxyladi
05-23-2010, 04:08 PM
Secretary Clinton visited the Boeing plant in Shanghai today and touched on trade issues. She also is wheels down in Beijing:
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Sunday for a level playing field in commerce with China as the two sides prepared for talks on trade and other thorny issues.
“For trade to work in any economy and for it to produce the benefits we know it can, there must be a level playing field where domestic and international companies can compete freely and openly,” Clinton said in Shanghai.
Clinton’s comments came as she prepared to travel to Beijing, where she and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet Chinese officials for the two-day annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue, beginning Monday.
The two sides were expected to discuss contentious trade issues such as the level of the Chinese yuan, amid accusations Beijing keeps the currency artificially low to boost its exports.
http://secretaryclinton.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/610x-46.jpg?w=600&h=335
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton takes a photograph with the family of U.S. consulate
employees during a meet and greet in Shanghai, Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/ Saul Loeb, Pool)
STORY & MORE PICS HERE (http://secretaryclinton.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-calls-for-level-playing-field-in-trade/)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Sunday for a level playing field in commerce with China as the two sides prepared for talks on trade and other thorny issues.
“For trade to work in any economy and for it to produce the benefits we know it can, there must be a level playing field where domestic and international companies can compete freely and openly,” Clinton said in Shanghai.
Clinton’s comments came as she prepared to travel to Beijing, where she and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet Chinese officials for the two-day annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue, beginning Monday.
The two sides were expected to discuss contentious trade issues such as the level of the Chinese yuan, amid accusations Beijing keeps the currency artificially low to boost its exports.
http://secretaryclinton.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/610x-46.jpg?w=600&h=335
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton takes a photograph with the family of U.S. consulate
employees during a meet and greet in Shanghai, Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/ Saul Loeb, Pool)
STORY & MORE PICS HERE (http://secretaryclinton.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-calls-for-level-playing-field-in-trade/)