This year’s Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, led by the US Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) as the last major US-China dialogue of the Obama administration, included some new language on manufacturing-relevant issues such as new commitments on China’s trade secrets and online anti-counterfeiting efforts, industrial policy issues in cybersecurity and competition, and specific policy concerns in sectors such as semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and food processing. However, the session still focused more on statements of broad principle and extended dialogue, such as on overcapacity, as opposed to specific, concrete policy changes that some feel are needed to address the many longstanding issues facing the US manufacturing sector in China.