[双语新闻] 特朗普再启贸易战 中国仍准备贸易谈判

China Prepares for Trade Talks Despite Trump's New Threat

特朗普再启贸易战 中国仍准备贸易谈判

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (R) talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (2nd-L), U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (2nd-R) and U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad (L) after concluding their meeting in Beijing, May 1, 2019.

中国副总理刘鹤与美国财政部长姆努钦、美国贸易代表莱特希泽和美国驻华大使布兰斯塔德在北京钓鱼台国宾馆会谈后交谈。(2019年5月1日)

(VOA News) BEIJING — China says its negotiators are preparing to travel to the United States for their next round of trade talks this week, even after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened higher tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese goods after he complained the process is taking too long.

（美国之音）北京报道：中国宣布，谈判代表团准备本周前往美国进行下一轮贸易谈判，尽管美国总统特朗普在抱怨中国的贸易进程耗时太长后威胁对数十亿美元的中国商品征收更高的关税。

Trump's comments about the new tarifs on Twitter on Sunday sent Asian stocks and U.S. futures tumbling Monday and added uncertainty over the figure of U.S.-China trade negotiations. Despite the market drop, China's official media stayed silent on Trump's comments all morning.

特朗普周日在推特上对新塔里夫的言论导致亚洲股市和美国期货周一暴跌，并增加了美中贸易谈判进程的不确定性。尽管市场下跌，中国官方媒体上午对特朗普的言论保持沉默。

Hours later, Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters that China is "trying to get more information" about Trump's comments about new tariffs but stressed that Beijing's negotiating team is still preparing to travel to the U.S. for talks this week.

几小时后，外交部发言人耿爽对记者说，中国正在“试图获得更多关于特朗普关于新关税的言论的信息”，但他强调，北京的谈判小组仍在准备本周前往美国进行会谈。