US okays hi-tech exports to China

July 30th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS  

Indo-Asian News Service
Beijing, July 30 (IANS) The US administration has decided to lift its restrictions on the export of hi-tech goods to China, a media report said Thursday.The China Daily quoted Vice-Premier Wang Qishan, who took part in the two-day China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue that ended in Washington Tuesday, as saying: “The US pledged to facilitate exports of high-technology products from the US to China.”

Sino-US trade touched $333.7 billion last year in spite of the global financial crisis. The volume of trade was $2.5 billion 30 years ago.

However, the US suffers from a significant trade deficit with China and has blamed the “undervalued” yuan for this.

Analysts have said the reluctance of the US to export hi-tech products was partly to blame and noted that unrestricted sales of hi-tech goods would help balance bilateral trade.

“The relationship with China is one of the most important global relationships for the US now and in the years ahead,” said US-China Business Council President John Frisbie.

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