BEIJING - DECEMBER 15: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes a speech at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on December 15, 2006 in Beijing. China. A high-level American delegation headed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived for the first-ever Sino-U.S. strategic economic dialogue on December 14 and 15. China's trade surplus over the United States reached 116.24 billion dollars in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the 114.17 billion US dollars for the whole 2005, according to figures provided by the General Administration of Customs. Getty Images logo Getty Images 66 months ago

BEIJING - DECEMBER 15: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes a speech at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on December 15, 2006 in Beijing. China. A high-level American delegation headed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived for the first-ever Sino-U.S. strategic economic dialogue on December 14 and 15. China's trade surplus over the United States reached 116.24 billion dollars in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the 114.17 billion US dollars for the whole 2005, according to figures provided by the General Administration of Customs.

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