由阿尔贝托·纳德利报道 欧盟正准备所谓的保障措施，以限制中国混合动力汽车进入该集团的进口量，旨在改善贸易关系。
The European Union is preparing so-called safeguard measures that would limit imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles into the bloc in a bid to improve the trade relationship.
负责处理欧盟贸易事务的欧洲委员会可能会在中国制造的混合动力汽车在欧洲销售激增之后实施这些限制措施。目前，这些车型占总销量的四分之一，而面临欧盟高额关税的中国电动汽车进口增长已放缓。
The European Commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, may impose the restrictions after Chinese-made hybrid sales surged in Europe. They now make up a quarter of total sales, while the growth of imports of Chinese electric vehicles, which already face steep EU tariffs, has slowed.
保障措施允许欧盟限制来自某个部门的产品进口，如果该部门的进口量激增。委员会执行这一措施的方式之一是通过关税配额，即对超过一定数量的进口征收关税。据人们所说，欧盟拟定的上限将是有时间限制的。
Safeguard measures allow the EU to restrict products from a sector if there’s been a surge of imports into the bloc. One way the commission can enforce this is through the use of tariff-rate quotas, which place a levy on imports above a certain volume. The cap proposed by the EU would be time-limited, the people said.
据了解，该委员会计划将混合动力汽车作为试点案例，如果成功，可能会在其他贸易失衡严重的部门复制该模式。
The commission plans to use hybrids as a test case, which, if successful, could be replicated with other sectors where the bloc sees trade imbalances, according to people familiar with the matter.
欧盟贸易事务负责人塞夫科维奇将于本周晚些时候前往北京，与中国商务部部长王文涛举行会谈。据这些人士表示，集团的计划可能会根据这些讨论的结果而有所改变。
The EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, will travel to Beijing later this week for talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, and the bloc’s plans could change depending on how those discussions go, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
这些人士表示，欧盟的一个关键目标是将混合动力汽车的上限控制在足够低的水平，以避免北京的报复性措施。欧洲委员会发言人拒绝置评。
A key aim by the EU would be to keep the cap on hybrids low enough to avoid a retaliatory response from Beijing, said the people. A spokesperson for the commission declined to comment.
欧盟与中国之间的贸易赤字每天超过10亿欧元（约合11亿美元），而委员会一直在拼命加强其贸易政策，以捍卫面临中国进口威胁的欧洲各个部门。欧盟领导人将于10月中旬召开会议，讨论当前形势以及可能采取的新措施，以应对中国的贸易行为。
The EU’s trade deficit with China exceeds €1 billion ($1.1 billion) a day, and the commission has been scrambling to harden its trade policy to defend European sectors falling prey to Chinese imports. EU leaders will meet in mid-October to discuss the situation and possible new instruments they can use to strike back against China’s trade practices.
该委员会计划在年底前提交一系列工具，以应对贸易逆差并多样化该集团的供应链。布鲁塞尔和北京今年早些时候启动了谈判，欧盟设定了10月的最后期限，以取得实现更平衡贸易关系的具体成果。
The commission is scheduled to present by the end of the year a series of tools to address the trade imbalance and diversify the bloc’s supply chains.
除了贸易和投资外，谈判还涉及知识产权、世界贸易组织改革和出口管制等问题。在这些问题上，该集团正寻求建立快速通道应用程序，以加快中国对关键原材料的供应。该集团还希望中国通过降低贸易壁垒来改该委员会计划在年底前提交一系列工具，以应对贸易逆差并多样化该集团的供应链。布鲁塞尔和北京今年早些时候启动了谈判，欧盟设定了10月的最后期限，以取得实现更平衡贸易关系的具体成果。
Brussels and Beijing launched negotiations earlier this year, with the EU setting an October deadline to unlock tangible results toward achieving a more balanced trade relationship. In addition to trade and investment, negotiations have also focused on intellectual property rights, World Trade Organization reform and export controls where the bloc is seeking a fast-track application system to speed up China’s supply of critical raw materials.
除了贸易和投资外，谈判还涉及知识产权、世界贸易组织改革和出口管制等问题。在这些问题上，该集团正寻求建立快速通道应用程序，以加快中国对关键原材料的供应。该集团还希望中国通过降低贸易壁垒来改善市场准入，并放松对包括白兰酒、猪肉和乳制品在内的商品的限制。
The bloc also wants China to improve access to its market by lowering trade barriers, as well as ease restrictions on goods including brandy, pork, and dairy products. Beijing has so far been open to discussing investments and boosting imports from the EU but has been reluctant to explore ways to tame its own exports.
据人士表示，北京至今对讨论投资和增加从欧盟进口的事宜持开放态度，但对探索遏制自身出口的方式则显得犹豫不决。目前尚不清楚北京是否会考虑对混合动力汽车出口上限的提议。
It is unclear whether Beijing will entertain proposals to cap shipments of hybrid vehicles, the people said. China previously opposed earlier talk of a voluntary cap on hybrid car exports.
中国此前曾反对过有关混合动力汽车出口自愿上限的讨论。去月底，商务部发言人在一份声明中表示："这些所谓的自愿出口限制严重违反WTO规则，与市场经济法则和公平竞争原则背道而驰，中国坚决反对。"
“These so-called voluntary export restrictions seriously violate WTO rules and run counter to the laws of the market economy and the principle of fair competition. China firmly opposes this,” a spokesperson for the Commerce Ministry said in a statement last month.
中国要求欧盟放松自身的出口管制，但该集团的执行机构对此表示了反对，理直气壮地认为这是成员国的职责范围。
China has asked the EU to loosen its own export controls but the bloc’s executive arm has pushed back against those demands, arguing that the area is a member state competency.
中国汽车制造商在8月份占据了欧洲汽车市场的历史性份额，其中包括比亚迪等品牌，占据了该地区总新车销售量的近12%。它们占据了所有混合动力汽车销售的四分之一——对于插电式混合动力汽车，则占据了三分之一。
Chinese automakers grabbed a record share of Europe’s car market in August, with brands including BYD Co. making up nearly 12% of total new-car sales in the region. They accounted for one in four sales of all hybrids — or one in three for hybrids with a plug.
中国的混合动力汽车目前并不面临与该国电动汽车进口品相同的高额欧盟关税。北京已敦促用所谓的价格承诺书替代这些关税，这是一种通过设定最低价格来控制总体出口量的机制。
Chinese hybrid vehicles don’t currently face the same steep EU tariffs as electric-vehicle imports from the country. Beijing has pushed to replace those levies with so-called price undertakings, a mechanism to control overall export volumes by setting minimum prices.
本周早些时候，法国和德国提议欧盟制定并采用一项新工具，该工具可在贸易战爆发时限制进入该 bloc 单一市场的准入。欧盟两大经济体还呼吁欧盟在化学品等关键领域启动新的贸易调查。据说，欧盟大使们将于星期天收到本周会议成果的简报。
Earlier this week, France and Germany proposed that the EU develop and adopt a new tool that could restrict access to the bloc’s single market in the event of a trade war. The EU’s two biggest economies also called on the bloc to launch new trade probes in critical areas such as chemicals. EU ambassadors will be briefed on the outcomes of this week’s meetings on Sunday, the people said.