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美国政府宣布取消与中国官员预定进行的贸易会谈 [复制链接]

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发表于 2019-1-23 04:13:17 |显示全部楼层

外国媒体《CNBC》引述消息指,美国白宫取消了本月底与中国官员的贸易会谈,主要由于双方在知识产权相关的规则上出现分歧。

应美国财政部长姆纽钦和贸易代表莱蒂泽的邀请,中国国务院副总理刘鹤将于于1月30日至31日访美,就中美经贸问题进行磋商。不过,消息指白宫已经取消了与中方的贸易会谈。

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/us-cancels-trade-planning-meeting-with-china-source-says.html

US cancels trade planning meeting with China, source says1 Hour Ago | 01:40
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The White House rejected a trade planning meeting with Chinese counterparts this week due to outstanding disagreements between the two sides over the enforcement of intellectual property rules.

Officials from the U.S. trade representative's office were set to meet with two Chinese vice ministers this week to try to resolve trade differences before the March 1 deadline, but the meeting was called off, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC's Kayla Tausche.

Should Beijing and Washington fail to agree on a permanent solution, President Donald Trump has said he will reinforce punitive tariffs on roughly half of all Chinese exports to the U.S.

Asked for comment, the White House told CNBC that "the teams remain in touch in preparation for high level talks with Vice Premier Liu He at the end of this month." The Treasury Department and the U.S. trade representative's office did not respond to requests for comment.

One source suggested that talks may still happen over the phone, but the termination of the in-person visit signals that reaching a complete agreement beyond the basic tenants of the Group of 20 truce will be difficult. China offered to boost its imports from the U.S. for six years, officials familiar with the matter told CNBC last week, though how any such promise would be enforced remains uncertain.

Chinese officials made the offer during negotiations in Beijing earlier in January, Bloomberg News reported. China would increase its annual import of U.S. goods by a combined value of more than $1 trillion, the officials told Bloomberg, which was the first to report on the import boost offer.

"I would kind of characterize negotiations as generally moving in the right direction. Last week, China offered a fig leaf in lowering tariff rates and agreed to import a trillion dollars of U.S. goods by 2024," said Joseph Lupton, global economist at J.P. Morgan.

Trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing have stretched for months amid a tit-for-tat dispute. Both countries have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars worth of each others' goods. The White House put tariffs of 10 percent on $200 billion of Chinese products in September and at the time threatened to increase the levy to 25 percent by the start of 2019.

The two nations late last year agreed to halt additional tariffs as they engage in new trade talks with the goal of reaching an agreement before the March deadline following Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina.

"I think there's a lot of posturing going on. Trump's tweeting the China numbers are weak, they better make a deal quick," Lupton added. "I think a lot of that posturing is what's taking place here but beneath the surface both sides see a need to get some sort of deal here. It's just a matter of spinning it as a win for the two sides."

— CNBC's Patti Domm contributed reporting.


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发表于 2019-1-23 04:19:47 |显示全部楼层
美国中文网综合报道,在美中两国贸易摩擦紧张态势趋缓之际,周二CNBC据消息人士的话报道称,由于双方在涉及知识产权规定方面存在悬而未决的分歧,白宫拒绝了计划于本周晚些时候同中国举行的贸易规划会谈。

本周,美国贸易代表莱特希泽(Robert Lighthizer)将与3名中国副部长会面,并望借此在3月1日两国“关税战”截止日期之前解决贸易摩擦问题。不过,本次会议已经被取消。CNBC的报道还称,如果北京和华盛顿未能就永久性解决方案达成一致,川普总统已经表示他将继续对中国出口到美国商品加征关税。

报道称,白宫对此消息回应说,“两国团队保持联系,为本月底与中国副总理刘鹤的高层会谈做准备。”但美国贸易代表办公室和财政部并未对此进行回应。

CNBC援引一位消息人士的话称,本次会议可能仍将以电话谈判的方式进行,但美方拒绝面对面的会晤可能意味着两国要达成双方领导人在去年G20峰会上的共识是相当困难的。尽管中国上周已经提出在未来6年加大对美国商品的进口以缩小两国的贸易逆差,但美方对此持怀疑的态度。

彭博社称,中方在本月初于北京举行的美中副部长级会谈中提出了这次筹备性会晤的建议。另据《金融时报》的报道,由于两个重要议题的谈判缺乏进展,川普政府拒绝了两名中国副部长本周赴美进行筹备性贸易谈判的提议,并强调华盛顿和北京在试图达成协议时面临困难。报道称,中国商务部副部长王守文和中央财经委员会办公室副主任廖岷计划在本周访美,同莱特希泽进行会晤。

据悉,让美中僵持不下的两个关键问题是:知识产权保护以及可能对中国经济进行重大的“结构性”改革。

美国谈判代表要求北京结束“强制”外国公司技术转让的规定,他们还希望中国政府废除他们认为具有偏见的国家补贴的政策。川普政府希望中国商务部副部长王受文来美会晤的时候,拿出一份书面提议,阐明北京打算如何解决美国对技术转让和经济结构性改革的忧虑。

不过,据了解相关情况的人士称,北京的谈判代表拒绝改变其在技术转让、知识产权保护等长期立场。他们还认为,北京最近提出的改善某些行业外国投资者市场准入标准以及加强对知识产权的保护的提议应该可以解决美国的担忧。

虽然川普政府拒绝本周同中国两位副部级官员举行会晤,但中国副总理刘鹤下周访美的筹备工作仍旧继续,这也显示出双方的立场仍存在巨大差距。

总统川普周一曾发推特说,“中国公布了自1990年以来最慢的经济增长,原因是它跟美国贸易关系紧张和有关新政策。很合理的做法是中国最终做一个实实在在的交易,别再闹了”。

《金融时报》还称,这两个关键问题最终可能会使美中谈判崩溃,并引发各界对金融市场的担忧。

就在川普政府拒绝中国提前进行筹备性贸易谈判的报道公布之后,美股周二在午盘之后开始走低。道指在报道公布之后一度下跌了419点。标准普尔500指数下跌1.6%,纳斯达克指数下跌1.9%。此外,近几周反弹的美国原油价格也下跌2.8%。

在一场针锋相对的纠纷中,华盛顿和北京之间的贸易谈判已持续数月。两国都对价值数十亿美元的商品相互加征关税。

国务卿蓬佩奥周二对即将与中国进行的贸易谈判能否取得良好结果表示乐观,并表示两个超级大国可以避免冲突。

蓬佩奥周二通过视频向达沃斯论坛企业年度峰会发表讲话时提出以上观点的。

在谈话中,蓬佩奥首先将中国描述为“好战国家”并“信奉极权主义”。但他同时指出如果北京接受公平公开贸易和保护知识产权的原则,这一争议就可以得到解决。

“有些人所我们两个超级大国之间的冲突是不可避免的,我们不这么认为”,蓬佩奥还说。而在谈到1月30日到31日语华盛顿特区举行的贸易谈判时,国务卿补充道;“我乐观地认为我们会很好地接受他们的提议,我们也将从这些对话中得到良好的结果”。

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