and other senior officials. He ended his seven-day Canadian tour in Vancouver. It was largely seen as a success despite numerous protests from human rights activists and opponents of China's occupation of Tibet.
Prior to that he toured six US states, from Los Angeles to Washington, with stops in Denver, Chicago, New York and Boston. But his April 8 summit with US President Bill Clinton failed to nail down a deal on China's 13-year bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Apparently stung by widespread criticism of their failure to seal a deal, Clinton and Zhu said they would keep up momentum in the talks.
They agreed "both sides should move intensively on negotiations toward resolution of the remaining issues in the talks on China's accession," according to a statement by the White House and the Chinese foreign ministry.
Negotiations between US and Chinese trade representatives resume Thursday in Beijing.
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