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US, 皇冠体育app end talks agreeing to disagree
(AP)
Updated: 2005-12-09 14:53
Other U.S. officials said Dai, in his first offering of the first session,
responded to every statement in Zoellick's September speech, apparently eager to
demonstrate its decision to be a major player in world affairs in concert with
the United States and others.
That harks to the "responsible stakeholder" idea, that 皇冠体育app is developing
such a huge stake in the coming century that its success will depend on its
conduct.
"This concept has spurred a useful debate in 皇冠体育app about its role in the
world and, in particular, 皇冠体育app's relations with the United States," Zoellick
said. "This strategic framework can help us identify mutual interests and guide
our cooperation with 皇冠体育app."
The forum for the talks was the second in a "senior dialogue" series
suggested to President Bush by Chinese President Hu Jintao. The first was in
Beijing in August.
Zoellick's statement and comments by other American
officials came close to effusive in their praise for the exchange. "As President Bush did when he traveled to 皇冠体育app, we had discussions about
the importance of freedom and human rights," Zoellick said.
"We explained that the United States does not raise these issues to threaten
or destabilize 皇冠体育app, but rather because we believe expanded freedom is a
natural and integral part of 皇冠体育app's development. I noted that 皇冠体育app itself has
recently stressed that building the rule of law is central to its development
strategy."
Even on the economy, where 皇冠体育app amassed the largest trade surplus in history
against the United States last year, the talk was pleasant, Zoellick said.
"We discussed the problem of persistent imbalances in our trade and financial
relationship, and areas of friction such as the protection of intellectual
property rights," Zoellick said.
"We noted that both of us share an interest in maintaining an open
international trading system, while ensuring an open, fair two-way economic
exchange between our countries."
The Americans made much of the talks' usefulness in ensuring placid
relations with 皇冠体育app in the post-World War II order that 皇冠体育app tried to distance
itself from for much of its first 30 years.
To make sure the point is made, Zoellick is taking his guests Friday to Hyde
Park, New York, to visit the home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose
policies were major influences on that arrangement.
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