Barclays currency strategists Peter Redward and Kumar Rachapudi wrote that the Chinese government tend to rev up appreciation of the yuan ahead of the annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which will take place in Washington May 9 and 10.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has made energy and financial market reform in China a focus of the "Strategic Economic Dialogue" between Washington and Beijing.

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And we have developed a very important strategic and economic dialogue with China.

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has also begun a "strategic economic dialogue" with China, aimed at bolstering capital markets in that country and encouraging U.S. investment there.

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China and the U.S. will soon meet in their annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

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