U.S., China launch investment pact, spar on markets
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080619/2008_06_18t164502_450x353_us_usa_china.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=_BNwRrkVB5EPGWVdPRAU4Q--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L) and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson smile as they walk together at the Strategic Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland June 18, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/bs_nm/usa_china_dc)Reuters - U.S. and Chinese officials agreed on
Wednesday to launch negotiations on a bilateral investment
treaty and to expand cooperation on energy and environmental
issues, but differences remained as to how quickly Beijing
should liberalize its markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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