China-U.S. Economic Relations:Accords ond Discords

ZHOU SHIJIAN

On June lO of that year, the White House published a list of potential non-strategic trade items,thus setting the ball rolling toward an end to the trade ban imposed on China 91 years before.

In the ensuing four decades China-U.S. bilateral trade has grown exponentially. Despite occa-sional contentions over minor issues, the maturing trade partnership between the two nations hasbecome one of the defining geopolitical and indeed economic relationships of our times.