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The?US?risks?compounding?the?mistake?it?made?bynot?joining?a?new?China-backed?Asian?infrastructurebank?if?Republicans?in?Congress?go?through?with?athreat?to?shut?down?the?country’s?export?creditagency,?GE’s?top?international?executive?haswarned. 通用电气 GE 国际业务最高主管警告说，如果美国国会中的共和党人兑现关闭美国出口信贷机构的威胁，美国可能会错上加错，这里面的前一个错误指的是美国不加入中国支持的新成立的亚洲基础设施投资银行（Asian?InfrastructureInvestment?Bank，简称：亚投行）。 John?Rice,?who?oversees?GE’s?international?operations?as?the?industrial?giant’s?vice-chairman,told?the?Financial?Times?in?an?interview?he?believed?that?Washington’s?decision?not?to?join?theAsian?Infrastructure?Investment?Bank?as?a?founding?member?alongside?China?had?been?amistake. 在接受英国《金融时报》采访时，这家工业巨头的副董事长、负责通用电气国际业务的约翰?赖斯 John?Rice 表示，他认为华盛顿方面决定不与中国一道作为创始成员国加入亚投行是个错误。 But?he?said?he?was?also?concerned?about?the?current?push?by?Republicans?not?to?renewfunding?for?the?US?Export-Import?Bank,?led?by?president?Fred?Hochberg,?which?is?due?to?runout?of?money?in?June. 但他表示，他还感到担心的是，共和党人正推动不为美国进出口银行 US?Export-Import?Bank 提供新的资金。美国进出口银行的行长是弗雷德?霍赫贝格 Fred?Hochberg ，该行将于今年6月耗尽资金。 GE,?alongside?Boeing,?is?one?of?the?main?beneficiaries?of?Ex-Im?financing. 和波音 Boeing 一样，通用电气也是该行融资的主要受益者之一。 “To?opt?out?of?AIIB?and?not?reauthorise?[the?Ex-Im?Bank]?would?send?a?strong?signal?to?therest?of?the?world?that?we?are?not?going?to?participate?entirely,”?Mr?Rice?told?the?FT. 赖斯告诉英国《金融时报》说：“既选择不加入亚投行，又拒绝给予（美国进出口银行）新的授权，会向世界其他地区释放一个强烈的信号，表示我们不打算全面参与到它们中。 “We?would?be?the?only?major?economy?without?an?export?credit?agency.” “我们将成为唯一一个没有出口信贷机构的主要经济体。” The?Republican?push?to?close?the?bank?comes?even?as?most?in?the?party?express?strongsupport?for?the?Obama?administration’s?efforts?to?close?an?important?trade?deal?with?Japanand?10?other?Pacific?Rim?economies.?Republican?leaders?in?Congress?have?vowed?to?work?toquickly?pass?a?bipartisan?bill?introduced?last?week?that?would?give?President?Barack?Obama?the“fast-track”?authority?he?needs?from?Congress?to?close?the?Trans-Pacific?Partnership. 共和党人正在推动关闭该行，尽管与此同时该党的大多数人表示强烈支持