英國政界對美國嚴打英金融機構強烈不滿

Several senior British MPs accused US regulators of pursuing an anti-City of London agenda in its assault on Standard Chartered, suggesting it was part of an apparent attempt to weaken a rival financial centre.

多名英國資深議員譴責美國監管機構拿渣打銀行(Standard Chartered)"開刀"是爲了打擊倫敦金融城(City of London)。他們表示，其明顯意圖是削弱對美國構成競爭的金融中心。

John Mann, a Labour member of the Treasury select committee, said he detected an "increasing anti-British bias by US regulators and politicians" that could have been influenced by a desire to shift business from the City to Wall Street. "This is a real power grab [by US authorities] and the stakes are very high."

英國下議院財政部特別委員會(Treasury Select Committee)委員、工黨人士約翰•曼(John Mann)表示，他發現"美國監管機構和政界人士反對英國的趨勢愈發加深"，這可能是因爲他們想要把生意從倫敦金融城吸引到美國華爾街去。他表示，"這是（美國當局）真刀真槍地攫取權力，此事關係非常重大。"

Unease is growing, even among opposition Labour politicians who have been severely critical of the banking industry, about the spate of negative headlines about Barclays and its involvement in the Libor scandal, HSBC over money-laundering, and now StanChart.

即便是向來強烈批評銀行業的反對黨工黨政界人士，對於不斷爆出的關於巴克萊(Barclays)及其捲入倫敦銀行間同業拆借利率(Libor)醜聞、匯豐(HSBC)涉嫌洗錢以及現在渣打銀行的負面新聞標題，也愈發感到不安。

Pat McFadden, another Labour MP, said all banks should abide by the rules. "But we have to be careful after all the recent reports not to think of London as the Wild West and New York as some kind of perfect financial nirvana; that would not be accurate."

另一位工黨議員帕特•麥克法頓(Pat McFadden)表示，所有銀行都應當遵守規則。"但看到最近這些報道之後，我們必須十分謹慎，不能把倫敦看成是蠻荒的西部，而把紐約視爲某種完美的金融聖地；那種看法並不準確。"

Britain's Treasury limited its response to an official comment: "This report suggests some concerning allegations, but they are allegations at this stage and we will be looking closely at the response from Standard Chartered."

英國財政部的迴應僅限於官方評論："有關渣打銀行的報道提到了一些值得關注的指控，但目前階段那些只是指控，我們將密切關注渣打銀行的反應。"

Sam Gyimah, a Conservative MP, said: "What we have seen in the case of Standard Chartered is a highly inflammatory report that is effectively the case for the prosecution."

保守黨議員薩姆•吉馬(Sam Gyimah)表示："我們認爲渣打銀行風波是一篇大肆煽風點火的報道，實際上像是檢方的訴狀。"

Kwasi Kwarteng, another Conservative MP, said the US regulators had a history of pursuing businesses on "slender evidence". He said: "Some of these investigations are politically driven."

另一位保守黨議員誇西•科沃騰(Kwasi Kwarteng)表示，美國監管機構有着靠"莫須有的證據"打擊企業的歷史記錄。他表示："這些調查中有一部分具有政治動機。"