布鲁塞尔，10月8日——44个欧洲行业协会周四敦促欧盟成员国立即采取行动，应对所谓的中国不公平贸易行为。这些行为正威胁到欧盟制造业的发展，并可能导致更多就业岗位流失。
BRUSSELS, Oct 8 - Forty-four European industry associations urged EU members on Thursday to take immediate action to combat what they said were unfair Chinese trade practices threatening EU manufacturing and risking further job losses.
这些协会代表了金属、化工及汽车零部件等多个行业。此次呼吁正值欧盟领导人即将在布鲁塞尔开会讨论如何应对日益扩大的对华贸易逆差之际——目前欧盟每天对华贸易逆差超过10亿欧元（约合11.2亿美元）。
The call from the associations representing sectors including metals, chemicals and automotive parts comes a week before EU leaders convene in Brussels to discuss how best to tackle a growing trade deficit with China of more than €1 billion ($1.12 billion) a day.
协会们指出，欧盟应充分利用现有各类手段实施贸易保护措施，并从全产业链角度制定应对策略，同时尽量避免对英国、挪威和瑞士等欧洲友好伙伴造成负面影响。
The associations said the European Union should more effectively use all instruments available to impose trade defence measures and adopt a broader approach to look at entire value chains, while avoiding negative impacts on close European partners, such as Britain, Norway and Switzerland.
此外，这些协会还呼吁增加欧盟委员会的工作人员数量以加快处理相关投诉，并开发新工具来应对由国家主导的市场扭曲现象。
They said the European Commission needed more staff to process complaints more rapidly. They also called for new tools to deal with state-driven distortions.
此次峰会期间，欧盟领导人将讨论法德两国周一提出的扩大贸易保护措施的提案，以及欧洲贸易专员马罗什·谢夫乔维奇于周五结束的为期两天的访华行程。谢夫乔维奇此行旨在说服中方削减某一特定领域的对欧出口，该领域极有可能是混合动力汽车。
EU leaders at the summit are set to discuss Franco-German proposals for expanded trade defence published on Monday and European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic's two-day trip to Beijing ending on Friday. Sefcovic is seeking to persuade China to agree to cut exports to the EU in one sector, most likely hybrid vehicles.