Strategic Economic Dialogue

{{Short description|SED superseded by S&ED}} The '''Strategic Economic Dialogue''' ('''SED''') was a framework for the United States and the People's Republic of China to discuss topics related to economic relations between them.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Roach |first=Stephen S. |url= |title=Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives |date=2022 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-26901-7 |location=New Haven |doi=10.12987/9780300269017 |jstor=j.ctv2z0vv2v |oclc=1347023475 |author-link=Stephen S. Roach}}</ref>{{Rp|page=288}} The SED was initiated in 2006 by President of the United States George W. Bush and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=288}} Top leaders of both countries would meet twice a year at locations alternating between China and the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ustreas.gov/initiatives/us-china/ |title=United States - Department of the Treasury - U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue |accessdate=2010-05-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617100850/http://www.ustreas.gov/initiatives/us-china/ |archivedate=2009-06-17 }}</ref> Five meetings were held between 2006 and 2008, after which the dialogue was upgraded by the administration of United States President Barack Obama, with the name U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=288}}

The SED enhanced the economic dialogue efforts which had been occurring since 1983 in the annual meetings of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=|pages=287–288}} SED became an important mechanism for addressing grievances and evaluating areas of cooperation.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=288}} It was led jointly by the United States Treasury Secretary and the Chinese Vice Premier in charge of trade.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=288}}

It had been described by a former U.S. Treasury official as "sort of like the G2".<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1864669,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205174118/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1864669,00.html | url-status=live| archive-date=December 5, 2008 | magazine=Time | title=Paulson in China: The Monster Under the Bed | date=December 5, 2008 | first=Bill | last=Powell}}</ref> The SED was expanded to give the U.S. State Department a bigger role by the Presidency of Barack Obama, and renamed the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.<ref>{{cite web | title=Closing Remarks for U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue | publisher=US Government State Department| date=28 July 2009 | url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/july/126599.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729230632/http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126599.htm | archive-date=29 July 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref>

==Meetings== *First meeting: December 14–15, 2006 (Beijing) *Second meeting: May 22–23, 2007 (Washington, DC) *Third meeting: December 12–13, 2007 (Beijing) *Fourth meeting: June 17–18, 2008 (Annapolis, MD) *Fifth meeting: December 4–5, 2008 (Beijing)

==Representatives== *United States Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Paulson (2006–2009) *Vice Premier of State Council of the People's Republic of China: Wu Yi (2006–2008) *Vice Premier of State Council of the People's Republic of China: Wang Qishan (2008–2009)

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:China–United States economic relations