Product safety on the agenda for US-China talks

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said product safety will be discussed at the Strategic Economic Dialog next week, AP reported. He said that the safeness of Chinese products would be a key part of the country's trade relations with the US, during a speech given to the Asia Society, an education group. Paulson and other cabinet-level officials will be in Beijing from December 12 to meet Vice Premier Wu Yi and her team for this year's second installment of the twice-yearly talks. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and others will join Paulson on the trip.