北京周四重申反对欧盟可能出台的针对中国出口的新贸易保障措施，誓言将采取“一切必要措施”维护本国企业利益。
Beijing reiterated its opposition on Thursday to potential new European Union trade safeguards targeting Chinese exports, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to defend the interests of its companies.
“以人为方式限制正常贸易涉嫌违反世界贸易组织规则，”中国商务部发言人何咏前在例行新闻发布会上表示。
“Artificially restricting normal trade is suspected of violating World Trade Organization rules,” said Huang Ling, spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, at a weekly press conference.
“这非但无法提升欧盟产业竞争力，反而会增加下游产业负担，推高欧盟通胀，破坏全球产业链供应链安全稳定。”何咏前是在回应有关布鲁塞尔正考虑推出更广泛的保障措施——包括关税和进口配额——以遏制中国进口激增的报道时作出上述表述的，此举是欧盟加大力度缩小其与中国不断扩大的贸易逆差努力的一部分。
“Far from improving the competitiveness of EU industry, it will increase the burden on downstream industries, push up inflation in the EU, and undermine the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.”Huang was responding to reports that Brussels is considering rolling out broader safeguards – including tariffs and import quotas – to stem a flood of Chinese imports, as the European Union steps up efforts to narrow its widening trade deficit with China.
继上周五在都柏林举行的贸易部长会议后，欧盟贸易事务主管马罗什·谢夫乔维奇表示，当需要迅速采取行动保护本国产业时，这27个成员国组成的集团将考虑使用此类保障措施，而非进行漫长的谈判。
Following a trade ministers’ meeting in Dublin last Friday, EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said the 27-member bloc would consider using such safeguards when it needed to move fast to protect its industries, instead of engaging in longer negotiations.
布鲁塞尔似乎因本月初在北京举行的最新一轮中欧贸易谈判取得的进展而信心大增，当时双方同意对输往欧盟的混合动力汽车设定进口上限。
Brussels appears to have been emboldened by the progress made during the last round of China-EU trade talks in Beijing earlier this month, when the two sides agreed to cap imports of hybrid vehicles to the EU.
法国贸易部长尼古拉·福里西耶上周五表示，他相信巴黎和柏林联手推动欧盟对华采取更强硬立场，已迫使北京在谈判中作出让步。中国此前曾拒绝这一说法。
French trade minister Nicolas Forissier said last Friday that he was confident Paris and Berlin’s joint push for a tougher EU stance on China had pressured Beijing to make concessions during the talks. China had previously rejected such a narrative.
欧盟委员会也已确认计划在圣诞节前提出三项新的贸易工具，其中包括一项允许布鲁塞尔迅速切断中国企业进入欧盟市场渠道的“熔断机制”。
The European Commission has also confirmed plans to propose three new trade instruments by Christmas, including a “kill switch” allowing Brussels to rapidly cut off Chinese firms’ access to the EU market.
黄女士强调，中国希望推动中欧贸易的“向上平衡”——这是北京用来指代混合动力汽车进口谈判上限的一个术语，强调贸易逐步增长。该上限将在未来四年每年增加6%。
Huang stressed that China wanted to promote the “upwards balance” of China-EU trade – a term Beijing has used to refer to the negotiated cap on hybrid vehicle imports, which stresses gradual growth in trade. The cap will increase by 6 per cent annually for the next four years.
黄女士表示，最新一轮欧中贸易谈判显示，双方能够通过对话处理经贸分歧，她重申了北京的立场，即中国不是欧盟面临问题的根源。
The latest round of EU-China trade talks showed the two sides could deal with economic and trade differences through dialogue, Huang said, as she reiterated Beijing’s position that China was not the source of the problems facing the EU.
双方谈判在公开交锋的同时仍在继续。《南华早报》周三报道，由总干事马尔滕·费尔韦率领的欧盟高级经济官员将于11月23日当周前往北京，与中方同行举行“宏观经济对话”。
Talks between the two sides are continuing alongside the public sparring. The South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that top EU economic officials led by director general Maarten Verwey will head to Beijing for a “macroeconomic dialogue” with their Chinese counterparts during the week of November 23.
与此同时，布鲁塞尔正面临一些欧洲公司对其正在起草的贸易工具的抵制，这些工具将强制企业使供应商多元化、减少对华依赖。商业团体和大型企业警告称，这些措施可能会推高其成本，并迫使它们做出无法实现的选择。
Meanwhile, Brussels is facing pushback from some European companies over the trade instruments it is drawing up, which would force businesses to diversify their suppliers away from China. Business groups and major firms have warned the measures could drive up their costs and force them into impossible choices.