Sino-US economic dialogue set to continue, say analysts

China and the US will continue their bilateral economic dialogue even after president-elect Barack Obama is sworn in, although the mechanism may take a different form, analysts have said.

The Obama transition team has not made explicit whether the new administration would continue with the current Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) mechanism, a major channel for economic policy engagement between the two major economies.

"Such a dialogue is set to continue," said Dong Xian'an, economist with China Southwest Securities. "Obama is very inclusive and his administration would continue such a mechanism."