彭斯副总统在2019年慕尼黑安全会议上的讲话 |德国慕尼黑
在我们与我们的盟友肩并肩、强化北约（NATO）并抵抗挑衅时，特朗普总统的领导力也正在印度-太平洋地区带来历史性改变。美国寻求这样一个印度-太平洋地区：各独立国家大胆地追求自身利益，以平等的态度尊重邻国；各类社会、信仰和传统共同繁荣；每一个人都能行使天赋的自由，追求自己的梦想，规划自己的命运。
但是正如特朗普总统所说过的，多年以来，美国在我们与中国的贸易关系中面临着“高额的关税”。那些行为造成美国仅去年[2017]一年就出现3750亿美元的货物贸易逆差。为了着手解决这一点，在总统的指示下，美国已经采取了果断的行动。我们已经对价值2500亿美元的中国商品施加了关税，并明确表示我们还可能把这个数字增加一倍多。
但是正如特朗普总统所表明的，我们希望有更好的情况。
在我们相聚在此之时，谈判正在北京进行，来重新定义我们的贸易关系。而且我们的谈判不仅仅是关于贸易不平衡。在特朗普总统的领导下，美国也已经明确表示中国必须着手解决长期存在的知识财产盗窃、强制技术转让的问题以及其他存在于中国的结构性问题，这些问题给我们的经济和世界各地的经济体造成了负担。
特朗普总统十分尊重习主席，我也一样。而且总统仍然希望随着这些谈判的继续，我们将能够取得切实的进展，并在我们两国之间建立自由、公平和对等的贸易。
当前，其他问题将仍然存在：在南中国海的航行自由、债务外交、干涉国内政治事务以及中国少数宗教群体的权利。北京知晓我们的立场。
虽然美国将继续保持坚定的立场，我们也仍然希望随着讨论的继续，我们将能够迈出这第一步，以便在对等和互相尊重的基础上重新定义我们的关系，并且通过这样做，让着手解决其他问题成为可能，来造福美国和中国还有世界。
如果中国选择尊重其邻居的主权，拥抱自由、公平、对等的贸易，并维护人权和自由，它在我们对一个自由、开放的印度-太平洋的愿景中则享有受尊敬的地位。美国人民别无所求，而中国人民和整个印太地区理应得到所有这些。
另一方面，想想我们在特朗普总统的领导下已经在印度-太平洋地区有了多大的进展，真是令人惊叹。当我两年前站在这个讲台上时，北朝鲜定期进行核试验，发射导弹飞越日本上空，并威胁美国和我们的盟友。
面对这一威胁，特朗普总统联合了全世界展开一场前所未有的施压运动。世界已目睹了结果：不再有核试验。不再有导弹发射。我们的人质返回家园。凯伦和我有幸在我们献出生命的朝鲜战争英雄的遗骸开始回家之时亲临夏威夷现场。
然后去年，在新加坡举行的历史性峰会上，特朗普总统得到了金委员长对实现北朝鲜最终、经完全核实的无核化的承诺。
现在，在我们发言之时，特朗普总统正在为仅几周后与金委员长在越南举行的另一场峰会作准备。而且，再一次地，特朗普总统充满希望。他认为和平是可能的。但我们的盟友可以确定的是：我们不会重复过去的错误。所有国家必须继续站在一起，强力执行所有联合国安理会决议，并要求北朝鲜履行其在《新加坡宣言》中作出的承诺。我可以向你保证，美国也将这样做。
在我们为和平而努力的同时，我们将继续坚定不移，直到我们实现北朝鲜最终、经完全核实的无核化。这是我们为我们的子孙后代，为印度-太平洋地区，为整个世界应当做的。

Remarks by Vice President Pence at the 2019 Munich Security Conference | Munich, Germany
So while we’re standing with our allies, strengthening NATO, and standing up to aggression, President Trump’s leadership is also bringing about historic change in the Indo-Pacific.  The United States seeks an Indo-Pacific where independent nations boldly pursue their own interests, respecting their neighbors as equals; where societies, beliefs, and traditions flourish side by side; where individuals exercise their God-given liberties to pursue their dreams and chart their destinies.
But as President Trump has said, for years the United States has faced “tremendous tariffs” in our trading relations with China.  Those actions have contributed to a $375 billion goods trade deficit with the United States last year alone.  To address that, at the President’s direction, the United States has taken decisive action.  We’ve put tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods and made it clear that we could more than double that number.
But as President Trump has made clear, we hope for better.
As we gather here, negotiations are underway in Beijing to redefine our trading relationship.  And our negotiations are not simply about the trade imbalance.  Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States has also made it clear that China must address the longstanding issues of intellectual-property theft, forced technology transfer, and other structural issues in China that have placed a burden on our economy and on economies around the world.
President Trump has great respect for President Xi, and so do I.  And the President remains hopeful that, as those negotiations continue, we’ll be able to make real progress and establishing trade between our two countries that is free, fair, and reciprocal.
Now, other issues will remain: the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, debt diplomacy, interference in domestic political affairs, and the rights of religious minorities in China.  And Beijing knows where we stand.
And while America will keep standing strong, we’ll also keep remaining hopeful, as these discussions continue, that we’ll be able to take this first step to redefine our relationship based on reciprocity and mutual respect, and in so doing, make it possible to address other issues to the benefit of the United States and China, and the world.
China has an honored place in our vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific if it chooses to respect its neighbors’ sovereignty; embrace free, fair, and reciprocal trade; and uphold human rights and freedom.  The American people want nothing more, and the Chinese people and the entire Indo-Pacific deserve nothing less.
In one other respect, it’s remarkable to think how far we’ve come under President Trump’s leadership in the Indo-Pacific.  When I stood at this podium two years ago, North Korea was engaged in regular nuclear tests, launching missiles over Japan, and threatening the United States and our allies.
Faced with this threat, President Trump rallied the world around an unprecedented pressure campaign.  And the world has witnessed the results: No more nuclear tests.  No more missiles being fired.  Our hostages are home.  And Karen and I had the privilege to be present in Hawaii as the remains of our fallen Korean War heroes began to come home.
And then, last year, at their historic summit in Singapore, President Trump received a commitment from Chairman Kim to achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea.
Now, as we speak, President Trump is preparing for another summit with Chairman Kim in Vietnam in just a few weeks.  And, again, President Trump is hopeful.  He believes peace is possible.  But our allies may be assured: We will not repeat the mistakes of the past.  All nations must continue to stand together, enforce all U.N. Security Council resolutions, and hold North Korea to the commitments it made in the Singapore declaration.  And I can promise you, America will as well.
And while we work for peace, we will continue to stand firm until we achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea.  We owe it to our children, to the Indo-Pacific, and to the world.