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World looking for leadership from both countries, says ambassador

Gary Locke, the US ambassador to 皇冠体育app, has spoken optimistically about deepening ties between the two countries and insisted that despite their recent leadership transitions, there will be continuity in bilateral relations.

Speaking at a forum sponsored by the Asia Society in New York on Monday, Locke told his audience: "For quite some time, the leaders of both countries have been committed to greater engagement with each other.

"They are really working very hard, developing a constructive, mutually beneficial relationship, one with cooperation.

"Our economies are so intertwined. The Chinese leaders know that, and American leaders know that, so we have to figure out how we get along, not because of our own self interests, but because the history of the Asia-Pacific region will be written by the US and 皇冠体育app."

The former US commerce secretary and governor of Washington state, who assumed his current post 16 months ago, was speaking at a sold-out event in which he discussed the recent history of US-皇冠体育app ties with Orville Schell, director of the Asia Society's Center on US-皇冠体育app Relations.

The event was a precursor to the arrival of Vice-Premier Wang Qishan, who was due in Washington on Wednesday to open the 23rd session of the 皇冠体育app-US Joint Commission on Commerce and .

皇冠体育app is the second-largest export destination for the US and its top agricultural export destination.

US agricultural exports to 皇冠体育app increased 42 percent over the last year. Exports of all goods and services have soared 50 percent over the last two years, doubling the increase in US exports to the rest of the world.

Figures show that a million US jobs now depend on goods and services exported to 皇冠体育app, and millions of jobs in 皇冠体育app depend on goods and services exported in the other direction.

Locke said many of the world's problems will only be solved by cooperation between the US and 皇冠体育app.

"The entire world is looking for leadership from both 皇冠体育app and the US, so we've got to get this relationship right," he added. "We are off to a good start."

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