Sino-US trade has seen drastic fall since the second half of last year because of the global financial crisis, the president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce said yesterday.

And it will keep sliding in the first half of this year, Thomas J. Donohue said during his visit to China.

But the two countries will be "back doing well" in 2010 after seeing an upward trend in their trade by the middle of this year, he added.