No breakthrough at US-China talks
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The US and China agree commercial deals at trade talks, but fail to make ground on key currency issues.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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Chinese officials rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion that they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, to restart cross-strait discussions, telling him in strong terms Monday that they are not impressed by Chen's words and are worried about his actions.
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Any steps agreed on by North Korea at talks this week on ending its nuclear arms program should be carried out within three months, but the talks in Beijing won't resolve everything, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Tuesday.
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China has said no date has been set for  working-level talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis and gave  no indication that the meeting has been canceled, Australian  Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Tuesday.
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Officials acknowledged that while a new strategic economic dialogue between the U.S. and China was an accomplishment, it does not equal achievement of results.
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The U.S. envoy to six-party talks on  North Korea's nuclear arms program said on Sunday it was time  to wrap things up and reach a resolution but South Korean and  Japanese delegates held out little hope.
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The United States and China concluded Thursday their twice yearly dialogue on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, officials said.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace moves.
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China Tuesday urged the United States  to halt all official contact with Taiwan and to stop selling  arms to the island, but made no comment on Taiwan President  Chen Shui-bian's recent peace overtures.
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The Bush administration failed to achieve an increase in the ownership ceilings that the Chinese impose on joint ventures with American firms, officials said.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, is in China for talks expected to focus on the deadlock over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme.
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There was no progress on the first day of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, the US chief negotiator says.
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China and the United States ended three days of intense economic talks with new accords on food safety, energy and environmental cooperation but only modest progress in opening Chinaâs financial markets.
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Â· US softens on deal to halt rising temperature Â· Race against time to rescue talks before summit
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Differences between the US and South Korea and China over nuclear talks with North Korea are exaggerated, the US State Department said.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed ChiThe United States has praisedChina's role to date, but US officials say Washington is looking for Beijing to exert more pressure on Pyongyangna to convince North Korea to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs and urged Beijing to take up a Taiwanese offer for dialogue.