2018年CRI China remains staunch supporter of free trade: FM
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：2018CRI中国国际广播电台
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China will remain a firm supporter of free trade, regional cooperation, and the economic integration 1 of the Asia-Pacific region.
He made the remarks while commenting on China's stance towards the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership 2 on the sideline of the ongoing 3 Two Sessions or Lianghui in Beijing.
The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership is due to be signed on March 8 in Chile, and is expected to take effect in 2019.
11 countries have committed to signing up to the agreement. Negotiations 4 on the agreement continued despite the US falling out of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership after Donald Trump 5 became president in 2017.
China will not be a signatory to the new Trans-Pacific Partnership. However, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China has been and will remain a firm supporter of free trade.
China helped facilitate the launch of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area at the annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in 2014, and is an active participant in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
"Be it the RCEP or CPTPP, we hope to see better communication, coordination 6, and interaction between the various free trade initiatives in our region so that they will complement 7 one another, help resist trade protectionism, and contribute to a more open global economy."
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative.
The Initiative is expected to support efforts towards greater globalization.
On Thursday, Wang Yi dismissed the suggestions from some commentators 8 that the Belt and Road Initiative lacked openness and transparency.
"The planning and implementation 9 of Belt and Road projects has been openly discussed by participants. No country is dominating the process. All parties have an equal say. There are no backroom deals and everything is transparent 10. There's no winner takes all. Every project delivers win-win results."
The minister also dismissed suggestions that plans by the US, Japan, India, and Australia to establish a regional infrastructure 11 scheme known as the Indo-Pacific Strategy was a countermove to the Belt and Road.
"Contrary to the claims made by some academics and media outlets 12 that the Indo-Pacific Strategy aims to contain China, the official position of the four countries is that it targets no one. I hope they mean what they say, and that their action will match their rhetoric 13. As to the relationship between the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative, let's not forget that the Belt and Road Initiative has received the support of more than 100 countries. People looking to start a new Cold War are out of step with the times. And inciting 14 confrontation 15 will find no market."
Meanwhile, Wang Yi also shed light on US-China trade frictions 16, saying that as the first and second largest economy in the world, the two sides should find a mutually beneficial solution, as their interests are highly intertwined.
- We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
- This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。
- 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 problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- 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。
- 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。
- Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
- The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。
- The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
- They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
- Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
- Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
- What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
- He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。