规则:
1.每名回复者按标号任选一段话翻译,一定要做到一个标号一帖以便于奖励(能者多劳 )
2.也可以纠正楼上的错误之处(纠错时请引用原帖并把修改之处标记出来),指正错误者奖励原帖分数+8'
注:奖励考元数已经标于题号后.
翻译就有奖励,不怕出错就怕不做,嘿嘿....
U.S.-China trade gap to widen: China trade official
Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:19AM EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) -
1. China's trade surplus with the United States will probably widen further over the next several years despite increasing pressure from Washington for steps to trim it, a Chinese trade official said. 15'
2. It is still unclear what Beijing can do to trim the surplus, which is mainly the result of the global division of labor, said Jin Xu, deputy head of the American and Oceanian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Commerce. 15'
3. His comments, in a speech in late June, were published in the latest edition of Review of International Economics, a journal run by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the premier government think-tank. 15'
4. "Taking a long-term view, if globalization continues and the current trade structure remains, the U.S. trade deficit with China will probably continue to grow for the foreseeable future," Jin said. 15'
5. "As for what the root of the problem is and how to address it, I don't think we have an answer," he said. 10'
6. Jin said that Washington's restrictions on some high-tech exports to China and excessive U.S. consumer spending were also reasons behind the persistent bilateral imbalance. 15'
7. While Jin did not mention the value of the yuan, his comments come amid growing pressure from China's trading partners, particularly the United States, to let its currency rise more quickly to help rein in its expanding trade surplus. 20'
8. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee last week passed a bill that would allow companies to seek anti-dumping duties against products from countries that have "fundamentally misaligned" currencies and eventually intervention by the Federal Reserve. 20'
9. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is visiting China this week, in part to press the top leadership again for faster appreciation of the yuan and other reforms, including steps to rebalance the economy away from over-reliance on exports. 20'
10. Jin said that, in the eyes of many Chinese officials, the strong reaction of some U.S. politicians towards China is more of a political display than a serious threat. 15'
11. "Many American congressmen like talking about China because they will have no audience if they talk about Cambodia. They can gain lots of attention if they talk about China," he said. 15' |
