华盛顿讯：眼下正值谈判关键期——尽管华盛顿正面临多方面的地缘政治紧张局势，美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥仍于10月17日晚启程前往中亚和南亚地区，旨在加强双边经贸联系，并在与俄罗斯及中国的竞争中占据优势。
Marco Rubio is visiting Central and South Asia to strengthen US trade ties and counter Russia and China, with a 200-strong business delegation and a C5+1 meeting in Uzbekistan. Central Asia is rich in energy and minerals, but China is now its main trade partner. The US wants better access to rare earths and stronger energy links.
当前美国深陷与伊朗的冲突，乌克兰战事也未见缓和迹象。在此背景下，鲁比奥频繁出访，近期已访问欧洲与拉丁美洲，而此时正值美国中期选举竞选阶段。
Rubio will then visit India, where Washington says it is “very close” to a trade deal. Talks continue after tariff disputes and tensions over India’s Russian oil purchases. AI generated WASHINGTON – It is deal-making time: Despite the roiling geopolitical tensions embroiling Washington on several fronts, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed to Central and South Asia late on Oct 17 to boost commercial ties – and gain an edge over Russia and China.
对于伊朗、乌克兰及加沙地带等棘手问题，鲁比奥已基本将处理权交予美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的特使史蒂夫·威特科夫与贾里德·库什纳。
With the US mired in its war with Iran, and the conflict in Ukraine showing no signs of abating, Rubio has stepped up his foreign travel with recent trips to Europe and Latin America, smack in the middle of the US midterm polls campaign.
此次鲁比奥率领由200名商界领袖组成的庞大代表团前往乌兹别克斯坦，并将于10月19日出席由五个中亚国家参与的部长级会议。
He has largely ceded control of the contentious Iran, Ukraine and Gaza situations to US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Rubio was instead leading a massive delegation of 200 business leaders to Uzbekistan, where he will take part in a ministerial meeting of five Central Asian countries on Oct 19.
“这一关系至关重要，”鲁比奥在启程前说道，称此行属于战略性访问。“有些国家我们非常希望加强联系，因为我们致力于深化与它们的合作关系。”美国国务院一名高级官员于10月16日向记者表示，鲁比奥此行旨在展现华盛顿对“深化中亚地区伙伴关系”的诚意，尤其是在能源领域。
“This is an important relationship,” he said shortly before his departure, calling the trip a strategic visit. “There’s countries you’d like to get to because we want to build our relationships with them.”A senior State Department official told reporters on Oct 16 that Rubio was demonstrating Washington’s goodwill towards the “deepening partnership across Central Asia”, especially in the energy sector.
中亚地区幅员辽阔，自然资源丰富，其面积与欧盟相当，但总人口仅约8000万。
Central Asia is a resource-rich region as vast as the European Union but has a population of only about 80 million people.
“我们为此筹划了好几个月，这确实是一个绝佳的契机，能让美国进一步深入这个对全球具有至关重要意义的地区，”另一位不愿透露姓名的美国高级官员说道。
“We’ve been planning this for several months, and it’s an incredible opportunity to bring the United States into a region of the world that is vitally important,” said a second senior US official, on condition of anonymity.
在访问乌兹别克斯坦的撒马尔罕市期间，卢比奥将参加由哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦及乌兹别克斯坦的部长们共同出席的C5+1会议。撒马尔罕作为古丝绸之路上的标志性城市，具有深厚的历史意义。2025年11月，特朗普曾邀请上述五国领导人访问白宫。
During his visit to the Uzbek city of Samarkand, an emblematic stop on the historic Silk Road, Rubio will participate in a C5+1 meeting with ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In November 2025, Trump welcomed the leaders of those countries to the White House.
这些前苏联加盟共和国至今仍通过能源管道、安全合作机制以及人员流动网络与莫斯科保持联系，但自乌克兰战争爆发以来，俄罗斯在该地区的影响力逐渐减弱，而中国则从中获益良多。中国是这五个中亚国家最主要的贸易伙伴。
The former Soviet republics remain linked to Moscow by energy pipelines, as well as security and migratory networks, but Russian influence has eroded since the start of the war in Ukraine – with China reaping the benefits. Beijing is the main trade partner of all five Central Asian nations.
多家中国企业已签署了多项能源领域的合作协议，计划从土库曼斯坦采购天然气、从哈萨克斯坦购买铀矿，并从塔吉克斯坦获取稀土资源。
Chinese companies have signed a number of energy-related deals, seeking to buy natural gas in Turkmenistan, uranium in Kazakhstan and rare earths in Tajikistan.
美国也将获取稀土资源以及优化自身能源结构视为外交政策的重要目标。
The US also has made sourcing rare earths and improving its energy mix key parts of its foreign policy.
美国驻印度大使塞尔吉奥·戈尔同时兼任美国中亚及南亚事务特使，他多次强调华盛顿有必要深化与该地区的联系。
The US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor – who also serves as the special envoy for Central and South Asia – has repeatedly emphasised the need for Washington to have better ties across the region.
访问行程方面，结束对乌兹别克斯坦的访问后，卢比奥将前往印度，先后造访孟买以及古吉拉特邦的贾姆纳加尔。这两座城市均为重要的工业中心及国际港口城市。
Trade deal After his visit to Uzbekistan, Rubio will head to India, with stops in Mumbai and Jamnagar in Gujarat state. Both are industrial hubs and major international port cities.
这将是卢比奥在2026年第二次正式访问印度——此前他曾在5月份到访新德里与加尔各答，足见美国在该地区的战略重视程度。
It will be the Secretary of State’s second official visit to India in 2026, after a May trip to New Delhi and Kolkata, signifying Washington’s push in the region.
“我们距离与印度达成贸易协议已非常接近，”那位美国高级官员谈及持续数月之久的谈判时说道。
“We’re very close” to a trade deal with India, the second senior US official said of negotiations that have dragged on for months.
今年2月，美印双方曾达成一项临时协议，旨在降低美国对印度产品的关税。
In February, the two sides reached a provisional agreement aimed at reducing US tariffs on Indian products.
但仅仅过了几天，美国最高法院就推翻了特朗普的许多关税，这加剧了人们对双边贸易协议何时生效的不确定性。此后，华盛顿和新德里一直陷入谈判。
But just a few days later, the US Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s tariffs, which fuelled uncertainty about when a bilateral trade deal could take effect. Ever since, Washington and Delhi have been locked in negotiations.
当特朗普因新德里购买俄罗斯石油而对印度商品征收25%关税时报复，关系一度紧张，但这些关税此后已被取消。
Relations were rattled when Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Indian goods in retaliation for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil, but those duties have since been lifted.
在孟买和贾姆纳格，鲁比奥将在与印度商界领袖的会晤中，推介美国所谓的“商业外交”新模式。
In Mumbai and Jamnagar, Rubio will offer the new US brand of so-called “commercial diplomacy” in his meetings with Indian business leaders.
他将特别提及印度财团信实工业在德克萨斯州建设炼油厂的融资计划。信实工业由印度亿万富翁安南特·安巴尼领导。
He will notably raise plans by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries to finance a refinery in Texas. Reliance is led by billionaire Indian tycoon Anant Ambani.