CEOs, Former Officials From U.S., China Vow To Push Bilateral FTA

摘要

Top executives and former government officials from the U.S. and China this week pledged to push their respective governments to take incremental steps toward launching negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement. The pledge follows a commitment made in June by the same group to study the economic benefits and potential costs to each side of a bilateral FTA. This week, the group went further by arguing in a joint statement that the "trade and investment liberalization achieved under a U.S.-China Trade and Investment Agreement would promote and enhance economic growth, job creation and economic reforms within both countries."