The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of State today announced that the fifth meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) will be held in Washington, D.C., during the week of July 8-12, 2013. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry, as President Obama’s Special Representatives, will be joined for the Dialogue by their respective Chinese co-chairs, along with members of the Chinese delegation and their U.S. colleagues.
The Dialogue will focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities that both countries face on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global areas of immediate and long-term economic and strategic interest, and will follow up on discussions Secretary Lew had with China’s new leadership in March and Secretary Kerry had in Beijing April 13-14.
