China, U.S. to discuss detained seafood exports
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China and the United States will hold five days of talks in Beijing this month over Chinese seafood exports detained for harmful residues, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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US officials visiting Beijing this weekend will press China to limit textile exports and crack down harder on piracy, reflecting pressure for trade concessions ahead of US elections in November, economists and trade lawyers said.
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The gesture comes as the Bush administration is weighing whether to sponsor a resolution criticizing China's human rights record at a U.N. meeting next month.
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China said this week that it would introduce an array of production standards to improve safety and guard against the use of illegal veterinary drugs in its seafood.
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The Bush administration proposed new steps on Thursday it says China must take to ensure the safety of food and other exports, but it remained unclear if the measures would be embraced by Beijing.
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Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology  prompts new rules for U.S. exports.
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The US treasury secretary is in Beijing for critical talks with China on trade, exchange rates and data piracy.
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Senior diplomats from the United States and China launched a broad dialogue Wednesday expected to touch on a range of issues from Beijing&#39;s military build-up to its human rights record and help in ending the Darfur conflict.
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Food and Drug Administration officials held high-level meetings with their counterparts in China this week and said yesterday that they expect an agreement by December on improving the safety of food exports.
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The United States has set final  anti-dumping duties of up to 112.81 percent on shrimp from  China and up to 25.76 percent on those from Vietnam to offset  unfair pricing, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said on Monday that China had agreed to discuss the American request for a new dialogue over the detention of Chinese citizens
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The United States said it would seek clarification from China over remarks by former longtime foreign minister Qian Qichen criticizing President George W. Bush on the eve of elections.
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China is the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, but contaminated water has created serious food safety and environmental problems.
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President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao tackled contentious issues on Thursday, from climate change and Iran and North Korea to recalls of tainted Chinese food and individual freedoms in China.
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The Bush administration yesterday agreed to consider new quotas on five categories of Chinese-made clothing, a step toward protecting domestic manufacturers from cheaper imports.
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The Food and Drug Administration says Xulong and other Chinese companies will be restricted from selling certain types of seafood in the United States.
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The United States and China want to  expand trade regulations to protect Asian yew trees, a plant  that provides the compound for one of the world's top-selling  chemotherapy drugs but is threatened by poaching.