WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Chinese companies will sign a number of business deals when President Hu Jintao visits Washington next week, a leading U.S. business group said on Friday.
"He will come with gifts. He will come with contracts. There are many companies that are signing deals," said Myron Brilliant, senior vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Brilliant said he was also hopeful Hu's visit would show China is serious about recent commitments to reopen its market to U.S. beef and to fight copyright piracy by increasing the government's use of legal software.
"I think President Hu Jintao wants this visit to go off well," Brilliant said.
To do that, Hu will have to address a host of U.S. commercial concerns as well as geopolitical issues, he said.
"I would hope we would have a strong statement on beef" and further clarification on software legalization, Brilliant said.
He declined to comment on the numerical value of deals to be signed next week, but said the ceremony would take place at the White House.
(Reporting by Doug Palmer)
