US presses China over currency in economy talks
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, right, talks to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as they attend a group photo after the opening ceremony of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from left, introduces an official to Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, second from right, as they attend a group photo session after the opening ceremony of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, shakes hand with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during the opening ceremony of the U.S.- China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at The Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, smiles next to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, right, during a photo session after the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged Beijing to let its tightly controlled currency strengthen and open its markets wider amid trade strains at a high-level economic dialogue Thursday.
Chinese officials denied the yuan is undervalued and pressed Washington to ease controls on exports of high-tech goods.
