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旺旺英语 Lesson 5 U.S. Is Prepared to See Trade Relations Worsen 美国已做好准备任凭其贸易关系恶化 By Peter Behr Washington Post Service 1. WASHINGTON—The Clinton administration is drawing the first lines of a tougher U.S. policy on trade, signaling to Europe and Japan that it will demand fairer treatment for American exports and is prepared to see relationships with U.S. trading partners get worse before they get better. 克林顿政府正计划推行强硬的贸易政策路线，由此向欧洲和日本发出信号要求其更为 公正的对待美国的出口，同时也表示美国政府已做好准备对待贸易关系恶化而非改善的状 况。 2. The strongest signal came last week, when Mickey Kantor, the U.S. trade representative, moved quickly to cite the 12-nation European Community for “intolerable” discrimination against U.S. companies seeking government contracts within the Community. The administration will begin retaliating in six weeks if EC policies remain unchanged, Mr. Kantor said. 美国贸易代表 Mickey Kantor 在上周发出了最为强烈的信号，他对欧共体 12 国限制 美国公司参与欧洲政府采购计划迅速做出反应，认为这种做法是“不可忍受”的，并且警 告说如果欧洲在六周之内不改变其现有做法那么美国将会采取报复性措施。 3. The opening themes of the new administration’s trade policies emerged this week in interviews with officials and congressional sources familiar with the administration’s thinking. Among the highlights: 从本周熟悉新政府运作的政府官员和国会议员向媒体透露的信息看，新任政府在贸易 政策方面的考虑将主要包括如下要点： ➢ An insistence that Europe and Japan create a “levelplaying field” for trade by agreeing to give U.S. exports the same access to their markets as foreign companies receive in the United States. This push to expand U.S. manufacturing exports is considered essential politically to fulfill President Bill Clinton’s campaign promise of more “high-wage, high-skill” jobs for American. 坚持要求欧洲和日本实行 “公平贸易”，即美国出口企业应能以外国企业进入美国市 场的同等条件进入欧日市场。这项旨在扩大美国制造品出口