This volume presents a series of papers prepared by U.S. and Chinese researchers examining the development of trade between the United States and China in advanced technology products (ATPs) at the Joint Symposium on U.S.-China Advanced Technology Trade and Industrial Development, October 23-24, 2009, in Beijing, China.

The symposium was organized by the United States International Trade Commission, the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University, the Institute for International Economic Research at the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy at Tsinghua University.

The goal of the research efforts presented at the symposium was to better understand the factors affecting U.S.-China ATP trade and the rapid growth of China as a platform for ATP production and trade.