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Consultations to handle US complaints
By Jiang Wei (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-05-17 08:36
China will hold consultations with the United States over complaints
about intellectual property rights next month and start a high-level
economic dialogue with Japan this year, according to a senior trade
official.
China and the United States will hold talks from June 5 to 8 in Geneva to
discuss the complaints Washington filed at the World Trade Organization
earlier last month, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Wang Xinpei yesterday
told a press conference in Beijing.
The Unite States filed formal complaints over copyright piracy and
restrictions on the sale of US movies, music and books in China, saying
that billions of dollars are lost annually from piracy levels that
"remain unacceptably high".
Some other countries such as Japan, Canada and Mexico and the European
Union have reportedly asked to become third parties to the talks.
The consultations will follow next week's second round of the Sino-US
strategic economic dialogue, in which IPR issues are likely to be
discussed.
Wang expects the latest round of the dialogue - to be held in Washington
on May 22 and 23 - to yield positive results.
"The two sides are in close touch with each other. We hope the US will
collaborate with China to ensure a positive outcome and push the Sino-US
relationship forward," he said.
The two sides will also touch on issues such as market access, China's
service industry and trade balance.
Also, China and Japan will kick off the first round of a high-profile
Sino-Japanese economic dialogue in Beijing this year, Wang said.
The new mechanism is targeted at improving exchanges in development
strategies and macro economic policies, cross-department economic
cooperation and strengthening communication over major issues.
The mechanism is expected to play a role for cooperation in some key
sectors such as energy, the environment, finance, high-technology
communication and intellectual property rights protection, Wang said.
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