Remove trade irritants

It is but natural that China and the Uni-ted States should encounter several frictions in bilateral trade, with both being the second-largest trade partner of each other.

Yet, by denying China's market economy status for too long, the US government has not only unnecessarily intensified and complicated some trade disputes, but also somewhat undermined its own ambition to double exports in five years.

It is a pity that the two powers could not come to an agreement on the issue of China's market economy status during the second round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue that concluded in Beijing Tuesday.