VOA常速英语2013--国安局间谍活动使美国-欧盟贸易对话复杂化

NSA Spying Could Complicate 1 US-Europe Trade Talks 国安局间谍活动使美国-欧盟贸易对话复杂化

WASHINGTON — Allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency collected millions of phone records across the Atlantic and tapped cell phone communications by world leaders, have overshadowed a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. Some say the allegations have shattered their trust in the Obama administration. Others say the revelations undermine the crucial trans-Atlantic relationship and could complicate trade negotiations 2 between two of the world’s biggest economic blocs 3. VOA'S Mil Arcega reports.

华盛顿为您报道-有人指控美国国家安全局通过一些世界领先的企业，从移动电话信息中获取了百万计的通话记录，这给在布鲁塞尔召开的欧盟峰会蒙上了阴影。有人说，该指控粉碎了他们对奥巴马领导的政府的信任。也有人说，该指控破坏了跨大西洋友谊，而且会影响世界上最大的两个经济体之间的贸易谈判。

The size and reach of the alleged 4 NSA surveillance have outraged 5 European leaders. French President Francois Hollande called it “unacceptable." German Chancellor 6 Angela Merkel - whose cell phone was allegedly tapped by the U.S. - said her trust has been severely 7 shaken. And at an E.U. gathering 8 in Brussels, Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle demanded the truth.

国家安全局监听的规模和深度已经激怒了欧洲领导人，法国总统佛朗哥称之为“不可接受的”。德国总理默克尔的电话也被美国监听，她说她的信心曾数次动摇。再一次布鲁塞尔的会议上，德国外长韦斯特要求得到信任。

“For us, spying on close friends and partners is totally unacceptable. This undermines trust and this can harm our friendship," said Westerwelle.

他说“对我们来说，监听亲密的朋友和伙伴是完全不可接受的，这会影响相互信任和友谊”。

The White House has denied the most serious charges, saying the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the German leader’s communications.  But less clear is whether it did so in the past.

白宫拒绝了大多数严重的指控，声称他们没有也不会监听德国领导人的通信信息。但其过去是否监听还不清楚。

European Parliament President Martin Schulz expressed disbelief. "I asked United States officials if this is true. They said perhaps, because of anti-terror measures… I could guarantee the European Parliament is not planning terrorist attacks on the United States!”

欧盟议会主席舒尔表示她的不信任“我想问美国政府，这是不是真的。他们说也许因为反恐需要…我能保证欧洲议会没有对美国进行恐怖袭击的计划”。

Unless Americans prove the allegations untrue, Schulz recommends suspending talks on a two-way free trade agreement between Europe and the United States. European leaders have downplayed those remarks.  

除非美国证明监听不是真的，舒尔提议暂缓欧洲和美国双边自由贸易协定的对话。欧洲领导人搁置了此提议。

But trade expert Stephen Szabo at the Transatlantic Academy said the alleged spying complicates 9 ongoing 10 negotiations.

但是跨大西洋学院的贸易专家邵博认为监听事件会使谈判复杂化。

“I think what will happen is the whole issue of data privacy, which is something the French have been pushing very hard, will now become a much more tougher issue. The Germans have been much more open to having an agreement on data privacy and I think this is going to make it more difficult,” said Szabo.

他说“我认为这是数据保密的整体问题，这在法国推行时十分困难，现在就变得更加困难了。德国在此问题上更加开放，我觉得事情更加困难了”。

U.S. trade officials insist conversations regarding N.S.A. surveillance be handled separately from trade negotiations. Szabo said the controversy 11, though, could give European companies the upper hand.

美国的贸易官员坚持进行贸易谈判会议，关于美国国家安全局监听事件将单独处理。

“It’s bad news for American companies, IT companies like Google and Apple and so on, because now you have the European, the German firms saying - 'go with us because we can protect your data.' So it is going to hurt, it’s going to cost billions of dollars to American companies."

邵博辩论会为欧洲企业取得优势“这对美国企业来说是一个坏消息，IT企业，像谷歌和苹果等等，因为你现在拥有了整个欧洲。德国的企业这样说道‘选择我们因为我们能保护你的数据’，这会花掉让美国公司心疼的数十亿美元“。

Experts say a Trans-Atlantic trade pact 12 could be the biggest bilateral 13 trade deal in history, representing half of the world’s total economic output and about 30 percent of global trade. 

专家认为泛大西洋贸易协定是史上最大规模的双边贸易协定，代表了全球一般的经济总量和30%的全球贸易。