Tuesday May 22, 7:59 PM
Paulson-will discuss food safety issue with China
WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson said the safety of food imports from China will
be one issue on the table during the next two days of talks on
economic issues with a high-level Chinese delegations.
"We have (Chinese Vice Premier) Wu Yi and 15 top ministers
and this dialogue is to talk about the major economic issues,
long term and short term, so that is clearly one of the issues
we're going to be talking with China about today," Paulson said
on CNN television.
He said U.S. exports to China were growing very rapidly and
said there was an unfortunate perception among some Americans
that China was a threat. "Our exports to China are growing very
quickly and we've got a big focus on opening up the Chinese
markets for U.S. products and services and that will be a big
focus of our discussion today," Paulson added.
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