奧巴馬羅姆尼就中國貿易行爲激辯大綱

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney used a foreign policy debate Monday in ((the southeastern state of)) Florida to get tough on China.
President Obama described China as an "adversary" but said he looked forward to partnering with the rising Asian power as long as it follows international trade rules.

"China's an adversary, and also a potential partner in the international community if it's following the rules. So my attitude coming into office was that we are going to insist that China plays by the same rules as everybody else."

Mr. Obama said his administration has brought more trade violation cases against China than the previous administration did in two terms.

Mr. Romney, who has used harsh rhetoric on China throughout the campaign, said Beijing "doesn't have to be an adversary," but warned that it cannot "roll all over us and steal our jobs."

"I've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because China has not played by the same rules, in part by holding down artificially the value of their currency. It holds down the prices of their goods. It means our goods aren't as competitive and we lose jobs. That's got to end."

Mr. Romney repeated his promise to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, a designation that would allow for steeper tariffs on Chinese goods.

During the 15-minute segment set aside for discussing "The Rise of China and Tomorrow's World," neither candidate mentioned China's human rights situation, intensifying maritime disputes, or upcoming leadership transition.美國總統奧巴馬與共和黨挑戰者羅姆尼利用在佛羅里達舉行的外交政策辯論的機會對中國表達了強硬立場。

奧巴馬總統把中國描述爲“對手”，但是他說，只要中國遵守國際貿易規則，他就會和這個崛起的亞洲大國合作。

他說：“中國是個對手，但如果它遵守規則，也是國際社會中的潛在合作伙伴。所以我當時上任時的態度是，我們要堅持讓中國像任何國家一樣遵守同樣的規則。”

奧巴馬說，他的政府提出的有關中國違反貿易規則的投訴案比前兩屆政府加起來的都要多。

在競選期間一直對中國說硬話的羅姆尼在辯論中說，北京“不是非要成爲對手”，但他警告說，中國不能“從我們身上壓過去並偷走我們的就業機會”。

羅姆尼說：“我年復一年地看到公司關門、人們丟掉自己的工作，原因是中國沒有遵守同樣的規則，包括人爲壓低本國貨幣的幣值。這壓低了他們的產品的價格，使我們的產品減少競爭性，讓我們損失就業機會。這種現象一定要止住。”

羅姆尼重申，他上任第一天就要宣佈中國是貨幣操縱國。如果這樣定性，美國將對中國產品施加高額關稅。

這次辯論有15分鐘的小節專門討論“中國的崛起與明日之世界”。在這一小節中，兩位候選人都沒有談到中國的人權問題、不斷加劇的海事糾紛以及即將展開的中共權力交接。