The United States will continue to pressure China on strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and adjusting some industrial policies during the bilateral talks, US Trade representative Ronald Kirk said on Tuesday in Washington DC.

Washington's next step is to pressure Beijing on its IPR regime and better its industrial sector policies on areas like indigenous innovation, Kirk said in a speech to the US Chamber of Commerce.

Experts say the appeal reflects the significant pressure on Obama to fulfill his commitment to enhance US exports, but that simply blaming China's IPR regime is not the solution.

"Obama promised to double US exports within five years in his State of Union address delivered early this year, which is the reason that the US is now attaching importance to China's IPR protection," Niu Xinchun, an expert on US studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations said.

"However, they may have missed the real problem, " said Jiang Zhipei, vice-president of the IPR association of the China Law Society.

"The US should abandon its cold-war mentality and loosen its export policies, instead of solely pressuring China," he said.

"Innovation is a necessary path of development for all countries and the US has huge technological advantages. To really benefit all, it should examine itself and be more open," Jiang said.

Next week, Kirk will head to China for this year's Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, chaired by Secretary of State Clinton and Treasury Secretary Geithner.

"The S&ED is an important forum to discuss macroeconomic issues and security issues. But it is also a staging ground for the more granular issues on which Commerce Secretary Locke and I will seek action at the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade," he said.