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中国与欧洲签订系列经贸大单

For the past week, the red carpet has been rolled out across European cities for Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang’s visit. Climate change was high on the agenda – but economics and trade dominated.

过去一个星期来，欧洲各地为来访的中国总理李克强铺下红地毯。气候变化是讨论议题之一，但主导话题是经济和贸易。

Speaking at a summit in Brussels, Li said China and Europe should expand mutual² investment and even make joint³ investments.

李克强在布鲁塞尔的一次峰会上说：“特别是经贸关系，不仅仅是买卖关系，应该扩大相互投资，乃至于共同投资。”

China has created a vehicle for joint investment – the Asia Infrastructure⁴ Investment Bank or AIIB, with 50 founding members including Britain, France and Germany.

中国为共同投资建立了一个平台，那就是亚洲基础设施投资银行。亚投行有50个创始成员，包括英国、法国和德国。

Washington had urged its European allies against signing up.

华盛顿曾敦促欧洲盟友不要参加。

Europe joined

The bank has an initial capitalization of $100 billion – and Europe was anxious to get on board, said Raffaello Pantucci of the Royal United Services Institute.

亚投行初始资本有1千亿美元。皇家联合军种研究所的潘睿凡（Raffaello Pantucci）解释说，欧洲急于加入。

“That’s a lot of infrastructure to be developed in Asia in a part of the world that really needs it. So being on board from an early stage to help shape the direction in which it’s going, is I think really key," Pantucci said.

他说：“亚洲有很多基础设施需要开发。所以，从初期就加入进来，可以影响它的走向，我认为，这是关键。”

China sees the AIIB as a way of countering what Beijing perceives as a unipolar world dominated by the United States, said Olivia Gippner of the London School of Economics, who spoke⁵ with VOA via Skype.

"The United States having a veto in the IMF, having a veto in the World Bank. The IMF reforms which were agreed on in 2010, where actually developing countries were supposed to get high-level voting rights are being blocked by the United States," Gippner said.

她说：“美国在国际货币基金组织和世界银行有否决权。国际货币基金组织在2010年达成改革协议，发展中国家本来会有高度表决权，但改革方案被美国封杀了。”

US concerns over AIIB

Washington has voiced concern that the AIIB could be used to finance strategic aims rather than economic. The criteria⁶ for financing is likely to differ from the World Bank or IMF, Pantucci said.

华盛顿曾表示担心，亚投行可能被用来做战略性而不是经济性的融资。潘睿凡认为，亚投行的融资标准可能会不同于世行或国际货币基金组织。

“In certain countries in parts of central Asia or south Asia which have difficulty in dealing⁷ with some of the criteria laid out by the international banks, AIIB may be able to help there instead," he said.

他说：“中亚或南亚地区的某些国家在满足国际银行提出的标准方面有难度。亚投行也许能够帮助他们。”

China signed a series of trade deals, including the purchase of 45 Europe-made Airbus planes worth $11 billion and the opening of an Airbus factory in China.

中国签署了一系列贸易协议，包括购买45架欧洲制造的空中客车飞机，价值110亿美元，并在中国开设一家空客工厂。

Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a bill allowing him to fast-track negotiations⁸ over trade deals.

与此同时，美国总统奥巴马签署了一项贸易推进权法案，使其正式成为法律。这使他可以通过快速轨道来谈判贸易协议。

The United States is spearheading the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership⁹, which would encompass¹⁰ 40 percent of global trade. China is not part of the deal.

美国目前正在推动有12个国家参与的跨太平洋伙伴关系协议，这将涵盖全球40%的贸易，而中国不在其中。