演讲稿
2023年8月28日星期一
公共事务办公室
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美国商务部长吉娜·M·雷蒙多在与中华人民共和国商务部长王文涛举行双边会谈前发表了以下讲话。
 
“早上好，谢谢您，王部长。很高兴在北京与您一起工作，并再次见到您。我要感谢您，您的团队为这次访问做了出色的准备，我很高兴有这个机会与您坦诚直接地讨论我们两国的关系以及我们可以共同开展的工作。
如您所知，我们的团队在这个夏天一直紧密合作，以建立新的信息交换机制和工作组，使我们能够在我们的关系中更加稳定地互动。
美国和中国之间的经济关系是世界上最重要的关系之一。我们的贸易额达7000亿美元，我同意您的观点，即我们之间稳定的经济关系极为重要，这对我们两国都有利，事实上也是世界对我们的期待。
这是一种复杂的关系；这是一种具有挑战性的关系。当然，我们在某些问题上会有分歧，但我相信，只要我们直接、开放和务实，就能取得进展。
当然，在国家安全问题上，没有妥协或谈判的余地。正如您所说，美中贸易和投资关系的绝大部分不涉及国家安全关切，在这方面，我们致力于在最符合双方利益的领域促进贸易与投资。
在拜登总统的领导下，美国正在经历一个历史性的投资时期，对我们的基础设施、我们的人民、我们的制造业和我们的供应链进行投资。因此，我们的经济非常强劲。我想说明的是，投资是其战略的核心，这将继续下去。它旨在降低我们供应链中的风险，旨在加强我们的国家和我们的基础设施，并创造就业机会。
然而，这并不是为了阻碍中国的经济发展。我们相信一个强劲的中国经济是件好事。拜登总统已多次清楚表明这一点；我们寻求与中国的良性竞争。一个持续发展并遵守规则的中国经济符合我们双方的利益。尽管如此，我们必须确保有一个公平的竞争环境，我们将始终做我们该做的来保护我们的劳动者。
与您一样，我担任过州长，也是一名务实的领导者，我是本着务实的精神来到这里的，希望找到与你们一起努力的具体方法。我看到我们两国有大量机会可以一起努力来服务我们的共同利益，包括在气候变化、医疗卫生和人民间关系等方面。谢谢您。”
 
各局及办事处
国际贸易管理局
领导
吉娜·M·雷蒙多

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo delivered the following remarks ahead of her bilateral meeting with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao
“Good morning, thank you, Minister Wang. It’s great for me to be here with you in Beijing and to work with you and to see you again. I want to thank you, your team has been wonderful in preparing for this visit and I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk to you honestly and directly about our relationship and the work we can do together.
“As you know, our teams have been working closely over the summer to establish new information exchanges and working groups that will enable us to have more consistent engagement in our relationship.
“The economic relationship between the U.S. and China is one of the most significant in the world. We share $700 billion dollars of trade and I concur with you that it is profoundly important that we have a stable economic relationship which is to the benefit of both of our countries and in fact what the world expects of us.
“It’s a complicated relationship; it’s a challenging relationship. We will of course disagree on certain issues, but I believe we can make progress if we are direct, open, and practical.
“Of course in matters of national security, there is no room to compromise or negotiate. And as you say, the vast majority of our trade and investment relationship does not involve national security concerns and in this regard, we are committed to promoting trade and investment in those areas that are in our mutual best interest.
“Under President Biden’s leadership, the United States now is undertaking a period of historic investment in our infrastructure, in our people, in our manufacturing, and in our supply chain. And as a result, we have a very strong economy. And I want to be clear, that investment is core to his strategy and it will continue. It’s intended to reduce risk in our supply chain, it is intended to strengthening our country and our infrastructure and create jobs.
“However, it is not intended to hinder China’s economic progress. We believe a strong Chinese economy is a good thing. And President Biden has been crystal clear repeatedly on this point; we seek healthy competition with China. A growing Chinese economy that plays by the rules is in both of our interests. That said, we have to make sure there is a level playing field and we will at all times do what we need to do to protect our workers.
“Like you, I am a former Governor, I am a practical leader, I’ve come here in the spirit of being practical and finding concrete ways to work together with you. And I see a wealth of opportunity for our two countries to work together to address our mutual interests, including climate change, health care, and people-to-people ties. Thank you.”