Shared responsibilities

A glimpse of the many outcomes from the third round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) indicates the two big powers intend to shoulder more international responsibilities by working closely together.

This is commensurate with their strength and influence in the world arena. It is more obvious than ever that better cooperation between the world's two largest economies will be crucial to international efforts to address many of today's global woes.

Apart from making progress in strengthening bilateral trade ties, the two countries have vowed to enhance cooperation on a wide range of regional and global issues.