Geithner may discuss Iran sanctions on Beijing trip
<p><span word="US">US</span> <span word="Treasury">Treasury</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Timothy">Timothy</span> <span word="Geithner">Geithner</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Jan">Jan</span> 10 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="visit">visit</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Treasury">Treasury</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="Geithner">Geithner</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span>-<span word="Premier">Premier</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Qishan">Qishan</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Premier">Premier</span> <span word="Wen">Wen</span> <span word="Jiabao">Jiabao</span>, <span word="Vice">Vice</span>-<span word="President">President</span> <span word="Xi">Xi</span> <span word="Jinping">Jinping</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span>-<span word="Premier">Premier</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Keqiang">Keqiang</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="promote">promote</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="growth">growth</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Treasury">Treasury</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Treasury">Treasury</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Geithner">Geithner</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="targeting">targeting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="US">US</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span> <span word="dealing">dealing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="bank">bank</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="conduit">conduit</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="revenues">revenues</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Lei">Lei</span> <span word="reiterated">reiterated</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="prefers">prefers</span> <span word="dialogue">dialogue</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span>.</p><p><span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="opposes">opposes</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="placing">placing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="imposing">imposing</span> <span word="unilateral">unilateral</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="tightened">tightened</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="diplomats">diplomats</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Brussels">Brussels</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="EU">EU</span> <span word="embargo">embargo</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>.</p><p><span word="Geithner">Geithner</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Xi">Xi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Treasury">Treasury</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Geithner">Geithner</span> <span word="will">will</span> "<span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>, <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mutual">mutual</span> <span word="importance">importance</span>".</p>
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