MNI POLICY: China-U.S. Hold Follow-Up Trade Talks

     BEIJING (MNI) - China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday the leaders of

Chinese and U.S. negotiation teams have held talks after last week's meeting in

Washington to discuss remaining unsolved issues in the two countries' trade

dispute, the Ministry said, without elaborating further.

     Here are highlights from the weekly press briefing:

     --"Negotiation teams of both sides will maintain close communication

through various effective methods to continue to advance serious negotiations

with their best efforts," Gao Feng, spokesman of the ministry told reporters.

"And to work towards implementing the important consensus reached by the

presidents of the two nations."

     --China hopes the 337 investigation initiated by the U.S. International

Trade Commission last week into claims from a South Korea-headquartered

photovoltaics company and a U.S. subsidiary that exports to the U.S. have

infringed on its intellectual property will be objective and fair, Gao said.

"Chinese companies involved are actively tackling related issues," Gao said.

--MNI London Bureau; +44 203 865 3829; email: jason.webb@marketnews.com

--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: iris.ouyang@marketnews.com

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