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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva (L) talks to reporters after a meeting with his U.S. counterpart
Barack Obama (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March
14, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Asked to react to Wen's concern, Lawrence Summers,
director of the U.S. National Economic Council, noted on Friday that U.S. would
be "sound stewards of the money we invest."
"This is a commitment that the president has made
very clear --we need to be sound stewards of the money we invest," said Summers
in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a leading think tank in the United
States.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Brazil's President Ignacio Lula Da Silva (L) address reporters in the Oval Office after meeting at the White House in Washington, March 14, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Premier worries about safety of Chinese assets in
U.S.
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
said here Friday he is "a little bit worried" about the safety of Chinese assets
in the United States, urging the U.S. government to ensure the security of those
assets.
"We lent such huge fund to the United States and of course
we're concerned about the security of our assets and, to speak truthfully, I am
a little bit worried," said Wen at a press conference after the close of the
annual parliament session. Full story
U.S. trade deficit drops to lowest
level in six years
WASHINGTON,
March 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. trade deficit fell by9.7 percent in January to 36
billion U.S. dollars, the lowest level since October 2002, the Commerce
Department said Friday.
This marked a record sixth straight month that the trade
deficit shrank. Analyst had been expecting the trade imbalance to narrow to 38
billion dollars. Full story
Economy will be top issue at 5th
Americas Summit: U.S. official
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The top issue at the fifth Summit of the
Americas in April will be the current economic crisis, a senior U.S. diplomat
said.
"We have to protect the social gains we have made in the
past decade in the western hemisphere," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas
Shannon said in a statement posted on the State Department's website on
Friday. Full story
