2018年CRI China urges dialogue to tackle trade frictions
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：2018CRI中国国际广播电台
China has again urged the United States to abandon unilateralism and protectionism, and resort to dialogue and consultation 1 to handle trade disagreements.
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The remarks were made in the wake of the U.S. decision to lengthen 2 the days for public to comment on its imposed tariffs 3 on Chinese goods from 30 days to 60 days.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump 4 signed a memorandum 5 that could impose tariffs on up to 50 billion U.S. dollars of imports from China and restrictions 6 on Chinese investment in the United States.
Gao Feng, spokesman with China's Commerce Ministry 7, reiterated 8 on Thursday that China is confident it will be able to react against any form of trade or investment protectionist act.
"China will take all the proper measures to defend our own legitimate 9 rights and interests. We do not exclude any option."
China's trade with the US was valued at about 580 billion U.S. dollars and accounted for 14.1 percent of China's total foreign trade.
The country's investment in the US is valued at about 7.8 billion U.S. dollars and accounted for 6.5 percent of its total non-financial outbound investment.
Gao warned against unilateral trade measures, saying it could cause a chain reaction of protectionist policies around the world, ultimately hurting the global economy.
"The actions of the US has set a very bad precedent 10. It is a blatant 11 violation 12 of WTO (World Trade Organization) rules to impose tariffs on Chinese goods. By doing so, the US has completely put behind the multilateral trade system. It is contemptuous and tramples 13 on multilateral rules. The bad behaviour of the US may also trigger a chain reaction of trade protectionism, and will cast shadows over the global economy which is under recovery."
China has said it was open to negotiating with Washington over the latest trade issue.
Gao said on Thursday that China was open to negotiations 15, but only if they were "equal", and never under "unilateral threat and intimidation 16".
"China's door of negotiation 14 and discussion is always open, but I want emphasise 17 that we have principles for the negotiation. First of all, actions of unilateralism and trade protectionism must be abandoned. Secondly 18, negotiations must be equal. China will never conduct any kind of negotiations under unilateral threats and intimidation. The negotiations also have to be constructive 19 and balanced and both sides must make joint 20 efforts."
- The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
- The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
- He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
- The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。
- 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。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
- The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
- Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
- This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。
- I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
- His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- What special feature do you think I should emphasise? 你认为我该强调什么呢？
- The exercises heavily emphasise the required readings.练习非常强调必须的阅读。
- Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
- Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。