英语新闻丨中美就妥善解决TikTok问题达成基本框架共识

China and the United States have reached a basic framework consensus on properly resolving the TikTok issue

China and the United States have reached a basic framework consensus on properly resolving TikTok-related issues, reducing investment barriers, and promoting relevant economic and trade cooperation after two days of talks in Madrid, Spain.

中美在西班牙马德里举行两天会谈后，就妥善解决TikTok相关问题、降低投资壁垒及推动相关经贸合作达成基本框架共识。

However, Beijing has made it clear that it will not pursue any deal that compromises China’s core principles, the interests of Chinese companies, or international fairness and justice.

但中方已明确表示，不会达成任何损害中国核心原则、中国企业利益或国际公平正义的协议。

Top negotiators from Beijing and Washington, led respectively by Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, conducted “candid, in-depth and constructive” communication on economic and trade issues of common concern starting on Sunday.

自周日起，由中国国务院副总理何立峰与美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特分别率领的中美高层谈判代表，就双方共同关注的经贸问题开展了“坦诚、深入且富有建设性”的沟通。

Vice-Premier He said that China hopes the US  will work together with it to quickly remove the relevant restrictive measures against China, take concrete actions to jointly safeguard the hard-won achievements of the trade talks, and create a good atmosphere for the stable and sustained development of Sino-US economic and trade relations.

何立峰副总理表示，中方希望美方同中方一道，尽快取消针对中国的相关限制性措施，以实际行动共同维护经贸谈判来之不易的成果，为中美经贸关系稳定持续发展营造良好氛围。

Addressing a news briefing on Monday, Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative with the Ministry of Commerce, said the two sides “reached a preliminary framework consensus on properly resolving TikTok-related issues through cooperation, scaling back investment barriers, and promoting relevant economic and trade cooperation.”

中国商务部国际贸易谈判代表兼副部长李成钢在周一的新闻发布会上表示，双方“就通过合作妥善解决TikTok相关问题、降低投资壁垒、推动相关经贸合作达成初步框架共识”。

Li, who is also vice-minister of commerce, emphasized that China will “under no circumstances seek any agreement at the expense of its principled stance, the interests of its enterprises, or international fairness and justice”. The Chinese government fully respects the will of enterprises and supports them in conducting equal business negotiations on the basis of market principles, he added.

同时担任商务部副部长的李成钢强调，中国“绝不会以牺牲自身原则立场、企业利益或国际公平正义为代价寻求达成任何协议”。他补充称，中国政府充分尊重企业意愿，支持企业在市场原则基础上开展平等商业谈判。

Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, said the Chinese government will review and approve matters related to TikTok’s technology exports, the licensing of its usage rights, and other issues in accordance with the law.

国家互联网信息办公室副主任王京涛表示，中国政府将依法对TikTok技术出口、使用权授权等相关事宜进行审核批准。

“China hopes that the US will, pursuant to the consensus reached between the two sides, provide a nondiscriminatory economic and trade environment for Chinese enterprises operating in the US, including TikTok,” he said.

他表示：“中方希望美方根据双方达成的共识，为在美运营的中国企业（包括TikTok）提供非歧视性的经贸环境。”

Wang Wen, dean of Renmin University of China’s Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, said, “Any successful negotiation requires mutual effort and, fundamentally, mutual respect.”

中国人民大学重阳金融研究院院长王文表示：“任何成功的谈判都需要双方共同努力，而根本在于相互尊重。”

He pointed out that the US pursues a contradictory strategy. “The world is watching. So are the markets. Washington can choose the path of respectful engagement and shared gains with Beijing, or it can continue down the dead end of unilateral pressure and bear the consequences,” Wang Wen added.

他指出，美方推行的战略存在矛盾性。王文补充道：“世界在关注，市场也在关注。美方可以选择与中方相互尊重、互利共赢的道路，也可以继续沿着单边施压的死胡同走下去并承担后果。”

Chen Wenling, former chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said that by choosing to talk regularly and in detail, Beijing and Washington are sending a clear signal that they understand that a total breakdown in economic ties is a risk neither can afford.

中国国际经济交流中心前首席经济学家陈文玲表示，中美选择通过定期且深入的会谈沟通，释放出明确信号：双方都清楚，经贸关系全面破裂是两国都承担不起的风险。

top negotiators of China and the US

n.中美高层谈判代表

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TikTok-related issues

n.TikTok相关问题