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 CHONGQING, China (AP) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Monday called on China to open its markets to foreign goods and settle currency disputes, warning it could face protectionist sentiment in the United States if its record trade surplus keeps growing.
Gutierrez visited this industrial center in China's southwest en route to Beijing for talks ahead of a possible Senate vote this week on proposed sanctions to punish China for manipulating its currency.
In a speech to university students, Gutierrez said Washington wants to see China give foreign competitors the same market access that its companies enjoy abroad, to adopt a more flexible currency and to stop piracy of intellectual property.
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