纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Biden Competing With Trump to Be Tough on China Calls for Steel Tariffs
April 18, 2024 2 min 326 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是，美国前副总统拜登与特朗普竞相表现对华强硬，提出对中国钢铁产品征收关税。报道提到，拜登在竞选活动中强调会对中国保持强硬态度，包括维持部分关税，并指责中国侵犯人权和不公平贸易行为。报道还提到，特朗普也试图在对华问题上展现强硬，强调自己的关税政策。 这篇报道试图营造一种美国政客竞相对华强硬的印象，并可能带有偏见。首先，报道过度强调了中美关系中的负面因素，忽视了两国在应对全球性挑战方面日益重要的合作关系。此外，报道没有全面考虑美国对中国产品加征关税对美国消费者和美国经济的负面影响。另外，报道没有提到美国自身存在的侵犯人权问题，而是片面强调中国的人权问题。这篇报道可能是在延续西方媒体对中国的偏见，试图通过强调中美冲突来吸引眼球，并忽视了中美关系中的重要合作方面。
President Biden on Wednesday called for major increases to some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China, speaking to members of a national steelworkers union in Pittsburgh as he vies with former President Donald J. Trump for votes in Northern industrial states.
“These are strategic and targeted actions that are going to protect American workers and ensure fair competition,” Mr. Biden told a crowd of about 100 union members at the United Steelworkers, which endorsed him last month. “Meanwhile, my predecessor and the MAGA Republicans want across-the-board tariffs on all imports, from all countries, that could badly hurt American consumers.”
The Biden administration has argued that a flood of low-cost exports from China is undermining American-made products — jeopardizing Mr. Biden’s push to expand U.S. manufacturing, a central focus of his economic agenda.
In his speech, Mr. Biden said he would ask the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, to increase tariffs to what White House officials said would be 25 percent on certain Chinese products that now face tariffs of 7.5 percent, or none at all, pending the outcome of an administration review of the China tariffs initially imposed under Mr. Trump.
“I want fair competition with China, not conflict,” Mr. Biden said, flanked by supporters and signs that read, “President Joe Biden: Standing With Workers.” “And we’re in a stronger competition to win the economic competition of the 21st century with China or anyone else because we’re investing in America, and American workers, again.”
The move is another effort by Mr. Biden to put up new barriers to trade with China in some industries. It could help him compete with Mr. Trump in a “tough on China” context with swing voters, though administration officials said elections did not motivate the move.