China-US economic talks to open 中美贸易会谈即将开始

时间：2009-07-27 07:00:08

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The first meeting of the Obama administration's US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue is due to get underway in Washington.

奥巴马当政之后的第一次中美战略经济会谈将要在华盛顿拉开序幕。

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Foreign investors are buying Chinese property and stocks

President Barack Obama is due to address the two-day meeting, to which China has sent Vice2 Premier3 Wang Qishan and State Councillor Dai Bingguo.

China is worried about the value of the US dollar.

China holds huge amounts of American debt - more than $800bn (£486bn) of US Treasury4 securities alone.

It fears President Obama's stimulus5（刺激） spending will stoke inflation in the United States, eroding6（腐蚀，侵蚀） the value of the dollar, making the American debt China holds a lot less.

At these talks the US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's will be seeking to soothe7（缓和，安慰） those fears.

Ties that bind8

He has already tried to reassure9 the Chinese their assets will be protected.

But China is not convinced.

American manufacturers complain they cannot compete fairly with their Chinese competitors.

Some accuse Beijing of deliberately10（故意地） devaluing（贬值） its currency to make its exports seem cheaper.

China is unlikely to concede（承认，让步） any ground on this point. GDP growth might be picking up here but the country's exporters are still struggling.

China and the US are well aware they need each other.

Their economies are bound together tightly.

That does not mean they always agree when it comes to trade for example - far from it - but it does mean they accept the need to sort out problems in forums11 like this.


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1 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
2 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 premier R19z3     
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
4 treasury 7GeyP     
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
5 stimulus 3huyO     
n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物
参考例句：
  • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
  • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
6 eroding c892257232bdd413a7900bdce96d217e     
侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害
参考例句：
  • The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
  • Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。
7 soothe qwKwF     
v.安慰；使平静；使减轻；缓和；奉承
参考例句：
  • I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
  • This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。
8 bind Vt8zi     
vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬
参考例句：
  • I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
  • He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
9 reassure 9TgxW     
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
  • This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
  • The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。
10 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
参考例句：
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
11 forums 68daf8bdc8755fe8f4859024b3054fb8     
讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭
参考例句：
  • A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
  • It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

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