据消息人士称，经过本周在北京的谈判后，北京与布鲁塞尔在医疗设备贸易问题上仍陷入僵局。该消息人士还表示，双方正在就布鲁塞尔计划针对中国制造的插电式混合动力汽车（PHEVs）实施进口限制措施进行深入磋商。
Beijing and Brussels remain “deadlocked” on trade in medical devices following discussions in Beijing this week, a source said, adding that “intensive consultations” were under way about Brussels’ plan to launch import safeguards against made-in-China plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
中国商务部在周四发布的声明中表示，中国国际贸易代表凌际副部长于周三和周四与欧盟委员会贸易与经济安全事务总监迪特·尤尔·约根森举行了会谈，为第二轮贸易谈判做准备。欧盟委员会拒绝置评；而中国商务部也未立即回应相关评论请求。
Vice-Minister of Commerce Ling Ji – China’s deputy international trade representative – held discussions with Ditte Juul Jorgensen, the European Commission’s director general for trade and economic security, on Wednesday and Thursday in preparation for a second round of trade talks, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement issued on Thursday. The European Commission declined to comment, while China’s commerce ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
医疗设备的政府采购以及中国PHEVs的进口问题一直是北京与布鲁塞尔之间的争议焦点。
The public procurement of medical devices and imports of Chinese PHEVs have been points of tension between Beijing and Brussels.
去年6月，欧盟禁止中国医疗设备企业参与价值超过500万欧元（约合570万美元）的政府采购项目，理由是欧盟的调查发现“确凿证据”表明中国存在歧视欧盟企业的行为，限制了欧盟医疗设备制造商在中国获得政府合同的机会。次月，中国又禁止那些在中国没有业务活动的欧盟企业参与价值超过4500万元人民币（约合670万美元）的政府医疗设备采购项目。
The European Union barred Chinese medical device companies from bidding for public tenders worth more than €5 million (US$5.7 million) for five years in June last year after it said an investigation found “clear evidence” of Chinese discrimination against European firms in limiting EU medical device producers’ access to government contracts in China. The following month, China excluded EU companies without operations in China from government medical device contracts valued at more than 45 million yuan (US$6.7 million).
德国商业日报《Handelsblatt》去年6月报道称，欧盟委员会正准备对中国进口的PHEVs征收反补贴关税。本月，《金融时报》又报道称，布鲁塞尔希望中国承诺将中国制造的混合动力汽车在欧盟市场的销售份额限制在15%以内。中国商务部表示，此类措施将“严重违反”世界贸易组织的相关规则。
German business daily Handelsblatt reported in June that the European Commission was preparing to impose anti-subsidy duties on PHEVs imported from China. And this month, the Financial Times reported that Brussels was seeking a commitment from Beijing to restrict sales of made-in-China hybrid vehicles to about 15 per cent of the EU market. The Ministry of Commerce said such a measure would “seriously violate” World Trade Organization rules.
最近，两家中国媒体将与欧盟的谈判描述为“艰难的”，并表达了对欧盟僵化态度及不愿妥协的失望之情。
Two Chinese sources recently described talks with Brussels as “difficult” and expressed their frustration at what they said was the EU’s inflexibility and unwillingness to make compromises.
与此同时，法国——这个最积极倡导采取保护主义措施以遏制与中国的贸易逆差的国家之一——表示愿意与北京达成协议，同时重申欧盟在不断变化的地缘政治环境下有合法权利保护自己的市场。
Meanwhile, France – one of the most outspoken champions of protectionist measures aimed at reining in Europe’s rising trade deficit with China – expressed its willingness to reach a deal with Beijing, while reiterating its stance that the EU had a legitimate right to safeguard its market in a changing geopolitical context.
“欧洲必须坚定立场，在必要时能够使用贸易防御工具（尤其是反倾销措施），就像过去那样；但这种情况不应演变成一个恶性循环，”法国贸易部长尼古拉·福里西耶周四对记者们表示。
“Europe must stand firm and be able to use trade defence instruments when justified, anti-dumping in particular, as it has done in the past, but this must not become a vicious circle,” French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier told journalists on Thursday.
他将法国的立场称为“合作提议”，并强调需要回归一种“以合作为基础的贸易关系”，以避免对各方都造成损害的局面。
He described France’s position as a “partnership proposal” and stressed the need to return to a “more cooperative partnership-based” approach to trade to avoid a situation that would be destructive for everyone.
福里西耶表示，无论是与中国还是欧盟的其他贸易伙伴，法国都愿意建立双赢的合作关系，这种关系需要双方都做出让步；他同时相信中国也愿意达成长期性的妥协。“我们不希望爆发贸易战争，”他说。
With China, as with the EU’s other trade partners, France was open to building partnerships that were win-win for both sides and which would involve concessions, Forissier said, adding that he believed China was also open to reaching long-term compromises. “We do not want to wage a trade war,” he said.