2016 S&ED: Critical Issues Raised in Lead-up to G20

During the eighth Strategic & Economic Dialogue which concluded early this week in Beijing — the final round for the Obama administration, China said it would offer a revised Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negative list next week in Washington, DC, according to statements made by Vice Premier Wang Yang and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. The S&ED — the widest-ranging dialogue on the bilateral calendar — consists of two separate tracks covering economic and strategic topics in the US-China relationship co-chaired this year by Lew and Wang on the economic side, and US Secretary of State John Kerry and China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi on the strategic side. They were joined by as many as 400 officials from both governments.