US commerce secretary lands in Beijing to boost business ties
美国商务部长雷蒙多抵达北京
Raimondo’s trip part of efforts to stabilise relations even as Washington tightens restrictions on Chinese tech
雷蒙多是今夏第四位访问北京的拜登政府高级官员。她表示将强调美国不希望与中国经济“脱钩”，但坚称保护国家安全是“首要任务”。
US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo has arrived in China, where she is aiming to boost business ties and tourism between the world’s two largest economies despite Washington’s move to ban American investment in sensitive Chinese technologies.Raimondo, the fourth senior Biden administration official to visit Beijing this summer, said she would stress that the US did not want to “decouple” from China’s economy. But she insisted protecting national security was “the top priority, period”.
美国商务部长吉娜•雷蒙多(Gina Raimondo)已抵达中国，她此行的目的是促进世界两大经济体之间的商业关系和旅游活动，尽管华盛顿方面已采取行动禁止美国资金投资中国敏感技术。
“The US and China share a large, dynamic, growing economic relationship, one of the largest trade relationships in the world,” Raimondo told reporters ahead of her trip. “Both of our countries, in fact the entire world, need us to manage that relationship responsibly.”
雷蒙多是今夏第四位访问北京的拜登(Biden)政府高级官员。她表示将强调美国不希望与中国的经济“脱钩”。但她坚称，保护国家安全是“首要任务，就这样”。
US president Joe Biden this month announced a ban on American investment in some of China’s critical tech industries, including quantum computing, advanced chips and artificial intelligence.
“美中之间有着巨大、充满活力、不断增长的经济关系，是世界上最大的贸易关系之一，”雷蒙多在出访前对媒体表示，“我们两国，实际上整个世界，都需要我们负责任地管理这一关系。”
