[1]: 288 Top leaders of both countries would meet twice a year at locations alternating between China and the US.
[1]: 288 The SED enhanced the economic dialogue efforts which had been occurring since 1983 in the annual meetings of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.
[1]: 287–288 SED became an important mechanism for addressing grievances and evaluating areas of cooperation.
[1]: 288 It was led jointly by the United States Treasury Secretary and the Chinese Vice Premier in charge of trade.
[3] The SED was expanded to give the U.S. State Department a bigger role by the Presidency of Barack Obama, and renamed the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.