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Sino-US trade ties are assured

By Gao Yuan (China Daily) Updated: 2014-10-10 07:52

Former US secretary of commerce says that 'period of friction' will pass

China and the United States can work together to reach a free trade agreement in order to remove roadblocks to their economic ties, former US secretary of commerce Carlos Gutierrez said.

Sino-US trade ties are assured

Carlos Gutierrez, former US secretary of commerce

"I think one day China and the US will have a free trade agreement," he said in an interview during a recent visit to Beijing.

The 60-year-old chairman of US consultancy firm Albright Stonebridge Group said bilateral and regional FTAs are becoming more prevalent after the World Trade Organization's failed attempt to build a global free trade consortium.

China and the US, the world's biggest economies, are in talks to ink a bilateral investment treaty. According to Gutierrez, such a treaty is usually the first step toward cementing the foundation of an FTA.

Combining bilateral free trade deals with a regional economic package such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement is becoming more accepted by markets around the globe, he said.

Gutierrez served as US secretary of commerce from 2005 to 2009.

Jin Baisong, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said China proposed building a free trade zone several years ago but got a lukewarm response from the US.

"It is good for both sides to launch free trade negotiations. A deeper trade partnership will not only boost the economies of China and the US, but also send a positive message to the world," Jin said.

Former deputy minister of commerce Wei Jianguo was one of the first to advocate a Sino-US FTA. Back in 2012, Wei said free trade between the two nations would help reduce friction and boost both economies.

The US is the top single-state trading partner of China, and China is the second-largest trading partner of the US.

Trade in goods from both sides reached a record high of $521 billion in 2013, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The Chinese mainland currently trades with 11 markets under FTAs. Its major free trade partners include the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pakistan and Switzerland.

FTA talks also are progressing with Australia, Norway, South Korea, Japan and Sri Lanka, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

In addition, China has shown willingness to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed regional free trade agreement driven by the US.

Sino-US trade ties are assured

Sino-US trade ties are assured

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