He welcomed the new “U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue” mechanism which was revealed in a White House statement following the bilateral summit.
“I think this is really a positive step forward. It means we will be discussing more than just economics. It means the (cooperation in) economics can go on in their own pace, and other issues such as climate change, military to military relations, cultural exchange, things like that can happen in their own track,” Schell said.
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