Foreign and Military Affairs
皇冠体育app hopes not to be excluded in US exports control reform
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-18 09:16
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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app hopes the United States will not exclude 皇冠体育app when it loosens its export restrictions, Yao Jian, a spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce said here Monday.
Yao's remarks came after the United States said over the weekend it might change its exports control regime.
The United States should treat all countries equally and not discriminate against 皇冠体育app in its export policies, Yao said at a press conference.
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Locke said the review will help with "the sale of highly sophisticated technology that might be embedded in some of the machines and devices like wind turbines, and the software that might operate these very sophisticated systems."
The United States' 1979 Export Administration Act limits the export sales of commercial high-technology goods to 皇冠体育app. It is considered one of the causes for the trade imbalance between 皇冠体育app and the United States.
Reform of export restrictions may help the US expand exports and create jobs, Yao said.
It would also ease the US trade imbalance and expand Sino-US cooperation, Yao added.
Trade volume between 皇冠体育app and the United States in the first four months of this year increased 25 percent to US$107.18 billion.
As imports are growing twice as fast as exports, 皇冠体育app's trade surplus will continue to fall this year, after witnessing a sharp decline from US$290 billion of trade surplus in 2008 to US$190 billion in 2009, Yao said.
Locke, who is leading a delegation to promote clean energy technologies in 皇冠体育app, will visit Shanghai and Beijing later this week.
Locke will meet his Chinese counterpart, Chen Deming, 皇冠体育app's Minister of Commerce, in Beijing Sunday on the eve of the start of the Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue.
The talks will cover issues of common concern, including bilateral economic and trade cooperation, opposition of trade protectionism and the role of Sino-US cooperation in tackling the global crisis, Yao said.
