最重要的是,单纯解决双边贸易逆差并没有触及到长久威胁两国局势的结构性问题(the fixation on the bilateral trade deficit fails to address the structural issues that threaten lasting tensions between the two nations)。
而市场准入就是这些结构性问题中的一个:
Market access is at the top of that list — the opportunity of multinational corporations in both nations to invest freely in each other's markets. The US claims that China's joint venture requirements imposed on such investments is a recipe for forced technology transfer.
市场准入至关重要,这是指两国跨国公司在彼此市场上自由投资的机会。美国声称,中国企业对合资企业提出的技术转让要求,实质上是对专利创新和知识产权的强制窃取。
As highlighted in the March 2018 Section 301 report of the US Trade Representative (USTR), this charge has become the poster child of the US-China dispute and the foundational evidence for Trump’s tariffs. This has occurred despite the fact that the USTR admits (on page 19 of the March 2018 report) that there is no direct evidence to support the allegation that technology transfer is forced by joint ventures that represent voluntary agreements between US and Chinese partners. Once again, the false narrative apparently matters more than fact-based analytics.
正如美国贸易代表办公室(USTR)2018年3月的301条款报告所强调的那样,这已经成为美国的典型指控,也是特朗普关税政策的基本证据——尽管USTR承认(在2018年3月19日的报告第19页)并没有直接证据支撑美国和中国合作伙伴之间签署自愿协议的合资企业迫使技术转让的指控。再一次,抹黑显然比基于事实的分析更重要。