Reviewing the U.S.-China strategic and economic dialogue : hearing before the Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session ... May 23, 2012.

This study compares the news coverage of the third U.S-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S & ED) by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and China Daily from May 8 to 11, 2011. By examining how Chinese and American newspapers report the same event differently, the study aims to uncover the reasons behind the difference from the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Based on the three-dimensional model of Fairclough, together with Halliday's systemic functional grammar (SFG) as an analytic tool, a detailed and specific exploration of the news discourse was conducted so as to find the hidden ideologies from the different perspectives of the three newspapers. The present study conducts a qualitative analysis. During the research, CDA was found helpful to reveal the correlation between language, power, and hidden ideologies, namely, how language reflects power and ideology, or how the latter influence language.

China is the largest destination for U.S. exports outside North America and also the source of the largest U.S. bilateral trade deficit. The countries engage in two high-level dialogues to address trade barriers and cross-cutting economic issues. These are the JCCT, co-led for the United States by Commerce and USTR, and the economic track of the S&ED, led by Treasury. GAO was asked to review China's bilateral trade commitments made in these dialogues. This report (1) describes trade and investment commitments China has made at the JCCT and S&ED; (2) describes U.S. agency tracking of China's implementation of these commitments; and (3) evaluates U.S. agency reporting on implementation. GAO analyzed documents, including public fact sheets stating commitments; interviewed officials, industry representatives, and other experts; used a structured process to categorize commitments; and reviewed reports officials identified as reporting implementation status of commitments. To improve understanding of progress through the bilateral dialogues in increasing access to China's markets, USTR, in conjunction with Commerce and Treasury, should work to improve reporting on China's implementation of JCCT and S&ED trade and investment commitments. In written comments, USTR and Commerce did not directly agree or disagree with the recommendation, but raised several concerns. USTR maintained current reporting is comprehensive and Commerce noted resource constraints. GAO continues to believe improved reporting would benefit policymakers.