BEIJING, May 7 (Reuters) - A delegation of United States

senators visiting Beijing has called for stability and peaceful

cooperation between the world's two largest economies a week

before the countries' leaders meet.

"I strongly believe that we want to de-escalate, not

decouple. We want stability, we want mutual respect," Senator

Steve Daines, who is leading the bipartisan delegation, said in

opening remarks at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Yi.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to the

Chinese capital to meet with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and

15.

The Republican senator said he hopes the leaders' meeting

would result in Boeing ( BA ) jet orders, even as he warned of

both countries facing trade issues.

"It's been about nine years since there was a purchase made

of Boeing ( BA ) aircraft here," he said, according to a media pool

report.