双语：美国与中兴达成和解，罚金超过10亿美元

2018-06-09 本文已影响45人 MTI考研

双语：美国与中兴达成和解，罚金超过10亿美元

The Trump administration has reached a deal with China’s ZTE in which the telecoms equipment maker will pay out $1.4bn in return for the lifting of a ban that prevents it buying US components — handing Beijing a key concession as tense trade talks continue.

特朗普政府已与中兴通讯(ZTE)达成协议，这家中国电信设备制造商将认罚14亿美元，以换取解除一项阻止其购买美国组件的禁令。在紧张的贸易谈判继续进行之际，此举是美国向北京方面作出的一个关键让步。

Wilbur Ross, US commerce secretary, said a final deal had been signed with ZTE over its violation of sanctions on Iran and North Korea. It came after US president Donald Trump last month unveiled the outlines of an agreement.

美国商务部长威尔伯•罗斯(Wilbur Ross)表示，已经与中兴就其违反对伊朗和朝鲜的制裁签署最终协议。此前美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)上月公布了协议的大致轮廓。

The move followed growing criticism within the Republican party of the president’s handling of trade talks with China and attempts by some in Congress to rein in his authority to impose tariffs on the EU, Canada and other allies in the name of national security.

此举出台之前，对于总统处理对华贸易谈判的方式，共和党内部的批评声音越来越响亮，国会还有一些议员企图制约特朗普以国家安全名义对欧盟、加拿大和其他盟友征收关税的权限。

The compromise highlighted rising tensions ahead of this weekend’s G7 summit in Quebec between the US and its longstanding strategic partners in the EU, Canada and Japan. They have been irked by what they see as a more conciliatory approach by Washington to trade negotiations with China.

在七国集团(G7)本周末在魁北克举行峰会之前，与中兴达成的妥协突显了美国与欧盟、加拿大和日本等长期战略伙伴之间紧张局势的升温。在这些友邦看来，华盛顿方面在对华贸易谈判中摆出了更为柔软的身段，这使他们不快。

Justin Trudeau, Canadian prime minister, told a joint press conference with French president Emmanuel Macron in Ottawa that it was “risible” that the US was imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from its allies on national security grounds.

加拿大总理贾斯汀•特鲁多(Justin Trudeau)在渥太华与法国总统埃马纽埃尔•马克龙(Emmanuel Macron)联合举行的记者会上表示，美国以国家安全为由对盟国征收钢铝关税是“可笑的”。

Mr Macron said: “One cannot wage commercial war among allies. Our soldiers fight side by side to defend our values.” Referring pointedly to Mr Trump, he added: “No one is eternal.”

马克龙表示：“向盟国发动贸易战争是不行的。我们的军人为了捍卫我们的价值观并肩作战。”他暗指特朗普补充道：“没有人是永远在那里的。”

But Mr Ross accused Canada and other allies of being hypocritical. “They haven’t even bothered to use any excuse why they have asymmetrical tariffs against us, why they have non-tariff trade barriers that are monumental against us,” he told CNBC.

但罗斯指责加拿大和其他盟友虚伪。“他们甚至没有费神提供任何借口，说明为什么他们对我们征收不对称的关税，为什么他们设置了非常不利于我们的非关税贸易壁垒。”他对财经频道CNBC表示。

He also said the US tariffs had worked in putting pressure on allies to take action against Chinese imports of steel into their own markets, which the US had been pushing for years.

他还表示，美国的关税起到了向盟国施压的作用，要求它们对流入其市场的中国钢材采取行动；此前美国敦促它们这么做已有多年。

In Washington, Marco Rubio, the Republican senator leading criticism of Mr Trump’s shift on ZTE, lashed out at the agreement, calling it a “very bad deal” and vowing to continue his push for congressional action to block it. “It will do nothing to keep us safe from corporate & national security espionage. That is dangerous,” he said on Twitter.

在华盛顿，带头批评特朗普放过中兴的共和党参议员马可•鲁比奥(Marco Rubio)，抨击了上述协议，称其是“非常糟糕的交易”，并誓言将继续推动国会采取行动阻止它。“这对于保护我们安全、让我们免遭企业和国家安全层面的间谍活动侵害毫无作用。这很危险。”他在Twitter上写道。

ZTE has long been the target of suspicion in the US intelligence community, which has warned that its handsets and network equipment posed a threat to national security.

中兴长期是美国情报界的猜疑对象；美国情报部门警告，中兴的手机和网络设备对国家安全构成威胁。

Under yesterday’s deal, ZTE would pay a $1bn cash fine and place $400m in escrow, to be forfeit if violations continued, said Mr Ross. For the next 10 years the company would have to hire a compliance team, selected by US authorities. If it was caught violating the agreement at any point in the next decade, it would face a 10-year ban on sourcing US components.

罗斯表示，根据昨日达成的协议，中兴将支付10亿美元现金罚款，并将4亿美元存入托管账户，如果违法行为继续存在，这笔钱将被没收。在接下来10年里，该公司将不得不聘用一个由美国有关部门选定的合规团队。如果该公司在未来10年的任何时候被发现违反该协议，它将面临为期10年的美国组件禁购令。

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