美中雙方宣稱在貿易糾紛上獲得進展

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials finished two days of trade talks Wednesday, touting progress on a number of economic issues that have complicated the relationship between the world's two biggest economies.

The annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, held this year in Washington, was the first high-level meeting since President Barack Obama's re-election and China's once-a-decade leadership transition.

Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming says Beijing would address U.S. concerns about the counterfeiting of American goods by strengthening intellectual property rights and ensuring that government offices and state-owned banks do not use pirated software.

Chen says Washington promised to promote exports of high-technology goods to China and promised fair treatment for Chinese companies investing in the United States.

Despite the optimistic statements usually given at such high-level meetings, the U.S.-China trade relationship has grown increasingly rocky in recent years, with Washington and Beijing bringing a rising number of international trade disputes against one another.美中高階官員星期三結束了為期兩天的貿易會談，稱說在使世界兩個最大經濟體之間關係複雜化的一些經濟問題上取得進展。

一年一次的中美商貿聯委會今年在華盛頓舉行，是奧巴馬總統贏得連任以及中國十年一次的領導層交接班之後，雙方的首次高級別會談。

中國商務部部長陳德銘說，北京將通過強化智慧財產權和確保政府部門以及國有銀行不使用盜版軟體，來解決美國對仿冒偽造美國產品的憂慮。

陳德銘說，華盛頓承諾促進向中國出口高科技產品，並承諾公平對待在美國投資的中國公司。

儘管雙方在這類高級別會談上通常發表樂觀的宣告，但是，美中貿易關係近年來變得越來越不平坦，華盛頓和北京針對對方提出的國際貿易糾紛不斷上升。