美国驻华大使庞德伟警告称，北京已将其在关键矿产领域的主导地位“武器化”，并称中国不断扩大相关规定，以至于试图将供应链从中国转移出去的努力，可能使人面临逮捕、刑事起诉和资产被没收的风险。
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue is warning that Beijing has "weaponized" its dominance over critical minerals, saying China has expanded its rules to the point that efforts to diversify supply chains away from the country could expose people to arrest, criminal prosecution and asset seizures.
庞德伟在接受《福克斯周日新闻》采访时表示：“这是一种单一来源的主导地位，中国现在正将其武器化以对付全世界。”他说：“我们已经向他们明确表示，这是不可接受的。”阿拉斯加州州长迈克·邓利维表示：中国正在将关键矿产作为人质。阿拉斯加可以帮助消除这一威胁。庞德伟承诺，美国不会为了做生意而向中国低头，并指出美国在关键材料上对北京的依赖是几十年间形成的。
"This is a single-source dominant position that China is weaponizing against the world right now," Perdue told "Fox News Sunday." "We have committed to them that this is unacceptable." GOV MIKE DUNLEAVY: CHINA IS HOLDING CRITICAL MINERALS HOSTAGE. ALASKA CAN HELP END THE THREAT Perdue pledged that the U.S. will not kowtow to China to do business, arguing that America's dependence on Beijing for critical materials has been decades in the making.
庞德伟补充说：“二十年前，美国在稀土磁体、商业造船和制药领域都拥有单一来源的主导地位。”“而所有这些都在过去20年里被中国以我们默许的方式夺走了。”他说，如今特朗普政府正寻求扭转这种依赖，重建美国在不依赖北京的情况下运转的能力。
"Twenty years ago, the United States had single-source dominant positions in rare earth magnets, commercial shipbuilding [and] pharmaceuticals," Perdue added. "And all these have been absconded by China in a way that we allowed over the last 20 years." Now, he said, the Trump administration is seeking to reverse that dependence and rebuild America's ability to operate without relying on Beijing.
西弗吉尼亚大学研究人员将受污染矿井水转化为关键稀土矿物。庞德伟说：“特朗普总统现在已经站出来说，‘够了。我们现在要保卫美国。我们要独立。’”庞德伟发出这一警告之际，美国贸易代表贾米森·格里尔也单独对中国稀土交付问题表达了担忧，称美国希望以“更大数量”和“更及时的方式”获得这些关键材料。格里尔对福克斯新闻的杰基·海因里希表示：“这是我们继续努力推进的事情。特朗普总统已相当直接地向习主席提出了这一问题，而这只是我们仍在关注的众多事项之一。”
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS TURN POLLUTED MINE WATER INTO CRITICAL RARE EARTH MINERALS "President Trump has stood up now and said, ‘Enough. We're going to defend America now. We're going to be independent.’" Perdue's warning comes as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer separately raised concerns about China's rare-earth deliveries, saying the U.S. wants the critical materials in "greater volumes" and in a "more timely way."
"That's something that we continue [to] work on. President Trump raised it with President Xi quite directly, and that's just one of many items that we're still looking at," he told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich.
格里尔说，特朗普政府将把接下来两个月视为“履约期”，以评估北京是否兑现其承诺。
Greer said the Trump administration is treating the next two months as a "compliance period" to assess whether Beijing follows through on its commitments.
另外，据格里尔办公室消息，美中贸易委员会周日建议两国各自确定价值300亿美元的非敏感商品清单，使其能够获得更优惠的关税待遇。美国贸易代表办公室表示，本届政府还将继续努力，确保中国履行其在农业和能源方面的承诺。
Separately, the U.S.-China Board of Trade recommended Sunday that each country identify $30 billion in nonsensitive goods that could receive more favorable tariff treatment, according to Greer's office. USTR said the administration would also continue working to ensure China complies with its agricultural and energy commitments.