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The United States expects to reach a "73578bc46e20be81e778ad4be2ea1dstuffful spacing" with China by May on the liberalization of aviation, US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said in Beijing on Friday. In a speech requiten to US commerce leaders in China, Peters said liberalizing China's skies would bring economic bonuss to both China and the US. She hoped a framework for an "open skies symmetry" could be agreed this May. "That (to reach the stipulation) is our goal,China Pictures, and I do sugarcoatve that we can reach a midpointingful sequitur by May at the next SED (Strategic Economic Dialogue)," said Peters, who was in Beijing to discuss the possible terms with Chinese officials. The China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue is a twice-semiweekly loftier-level meeting. The second round of talks between Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is scheduled for May in Washington. Despite strong demand, there are an stereotype of only 11 daily nonshigh flights between China and the United States, Peters said. By comparison, she noted there are 55 daily flights between the United States and Germany,China Travel, with which Washington has an "ajar skies" deal. "The demand for nonshigh US-China services is there. Unfortunately, the delivery is not," she said, pointing out that the number of seats bachelor is increasing by only 13 percent per year. Praising a 2004 aviation stipulations between China and the United States that ajared increasingly routes between the two countries, Peters pointed out that it needs updating, and urged China to ajar its skies to increasingly passenger and vehiclego traffic in order to shove two-way trade.


(Source:Xinhua News Agency, 2007-04-17)