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/zx/archives/83534投资非洲：中美之间不存在竞赛文章来源| 财富U.S. in Africa: Theres no race with China投资非洲：中美之间不存在竞赛U.S. companies are betting big on Africa.美国公司正在大手笔下注非洲。Kicking off a three-day U.S.-Africa summit in Washington, D.C., President Obama announced that U.S. companies have committed $14 billion in new investments in “clean energy, aviation, banking, and construction.”在华盛顿召开的、为期3天的美非高峰论坛（U.S.-Africa summit）开幕式上，美国总统奥巴马宣布，美国公司已承诺在“清洁能源、航空、银行和建筑”领域新增140亿美元投资。It makes sense that the U.S. government and American firms would want to invest in Africa, given that it is home to 7 of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world over the past 10 years. But while Thursday’s announcement represents a step forward for American engagement in the region, it pales in comparison to what China is doing, especially when you take into account the fact that the U.S. economy is still twice as large as China’s.鉴于过去10年全球经济增长最快的10个国家中有7个来自非洲，美国政府和公司打算投资非洲合情合理。周四的声明代表着美国参与非洲地区建设又向前迈进了一步，但与中国相比，仍相形见绌，特别是考虑到美国经济规模仍相当于中国经济的两倍。China surpassed the U.S. as Africa’s largest trade partner right around the time of the financial crisis, and trade between China and Africa has increased ever since. Trade between Africa and the U.S., on the other hand, has stagnated, as you can see in the chart below from Yun Sun, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on China’s relations with Africa.就在上次金融危机爆发时，中国超越美国成为了非洲最大的贸易伙伴，自那以来中非贸易持续增长。相比之下，美非贸易则停步不前，正如下图所示。图表来自布鲁金斯学会（Brookings Institution）专注于中非关系的研究员孙云（Yun Sun）制作。Given the poor quality of Chinese economic data, it’s more difficult to measure how much Chinese firms invest directly in Africa through building infrastructure or purchasing assets, but a U.S. Government Accountability Office report from last year estimated that U.S. firms still lead their Chinese counterparts in this kind of investment, but just barely. The U.S. only invested 23% more than China in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2007 through 2011, and the GAO suspects that even its approximation might be