VOA标准英语2012--US Promotes Pacific Trade Pact
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
US Promotes Pacific Trade Pact 1
The Trans-Pacific Partnership 2 aims to bring together Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States to promote innovation and investment. Secretary Clinton says that is good for business.
"The private sector 3 needs to stand up for the system that will allow you to thrive over the long run. That means pushing governments to support high-standard trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to drop harmful protectionist policies," said Clinton.
The partnership will require members to agree to third-country tribunals to decide whether investment obligations have been met. Analyst 4 Dan Ikenson from Cato Institute in Washington says the breadth of the trade deal is slowing its completion. “What is making it difficult, and at the same time perhaps makes it worth pursuing, is that it really seeks to integrate the economies beyond just dropping tariffs 5 and eliminating quotas 6 and subsidies,” he stated.
Secretary Clinton told business leaders at the APEC summit in Russia that protectionism may provide short-term benefits to domestic companies, but it disrupts supply chains and scares off investors 7. "We know there remain significant discriminatory procurement 8 rules and local content requirements," she said. "So-called 'toll 9 booths' that force unfair terms on foreign companies just to enter or expand in a market."
Analyst Dan Ikenson says the scale of this deal makes it more profitable to investors than country-by-country accords. “There are so many rules in place, bilateral 10 rules that make it very difficult for companies to realize efficiencies when they export or when they import,” he added.
Noticeably absent from the Trans-Pacific Partnership is China. Ikenson believes that is part of the security and economic strategy of Washington’s Asia pivot 11. “China is not happy with the TPP because it feels that it is being targeted, that it is being isolated 12 by it. I frankly 13 don’t blame them," he said. "I think that is the proper way to interpret the rhetoric 14.”
Secretary Clinton says the United States welcomes a prosperous China that provides opportunities to its people because that helps the global economy. She says the Trans-Pacific Partnership will raise the bar for competition in a way that benefits all Asian economies, whether or not they are partners in the trade deal.
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
- The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
- In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers. 约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
- Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配。
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- He is in charge of the procurement of materials.他负责物资的采购。
- More and more,human food procurement came to have a dominant effect on their evolution.人类获取食物愈来愈显著地影响到人类的进化。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
- There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
- She is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things.她是创造的中心枢轴，表现出万物的女性面貌。
- If a spring is present,the hand wheel will pivot on the spring.如果有弹簧，手轮的枢轴会装在弹簧上。
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。