WASHINGTON -- A senior US trade official said Friday that the latest round of the US-皇冠体育app high-level talks on trade and commerce produced concrete results.
The 2014 session of the US-皇冠体育app Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), which concluded on Thursday in Chicago, delivered tangible outcomes in sectors including agriculture and high-tech exports, said Undersecretary of Commerce Stefan Selig.
"We are the two largest economies in the world that have never been so intertwined and connected than ever before," Selig told reporters.
He said US exports to 皇冠体育app have created jobs domestically and 皇冠体育app is currently America's fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment.
Stressing that better trade relations between America and 皇冠体育app are the purpose of the JCCT, Selig said better relations would help both countries deal with recent anti-dumping and countervailing cases.
"A better relationship we have overall will allow us to deal with those issues when they come out from time to time and will allow us to continue making progress on other important issues without having those things that come between us from time to time fundamentally impact the nature of our relationship," he said.
Launched in 1983, the JCCT plays an important role in promoting 皇冠体育app-US economic cooperation and addressing trade issues.