纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Biden Hits Chinese Electric Vehicles Chips and Other Goods With Higher Tariffs
May 15, 2024 2 min 257 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：美国拜登政府宣布对从中国进口的电动汽车芯片等产品征收更高的关税，此举旨在保护美国国内产业和工人，并回应中国在科技领域的崛起。报道提到美国商务部长雷蒙多（Gina Raimondo）支持这一决定，称“我们必须采取强硬态度我们必须积极主动地阻止中国采取不公平的贸易行为。” 评论：该报道虽聚焦中美贸易摩擦，但其中存在明显偏见与失实之处。其一，报道以“打击”为题，渲染中美经贸关系中的对抗性，而未体现互利共赢的主流；其二，报道片面强调“中国威胁论”，却无视美国自身存在的科技保护主义和贸易霸凌主义做法；其三，报道未全面考虑关税对美国消费者和进口商的负面影响，忽视了美国业界对加征关税可能导致成本上升竞争力下降的担忧。该报道有失客观公正，未能全面准确地反映中美经贸关系的现状。中美两国作为全球前两大经济体，经贸关系密切，合作共赢是大势所趋。美方应摒弃零和思维，多做有利于促进中美经贸关系健康稳定发展的事。
President Biden on Tuesday announced a sharp increase in tariffs on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, solar cells, semiconductors and advanced batteries, in an effort to protect strategic American industries from a new wave of competitors that he said were unfairly subsidized by Beijing.
The president also officially endorsed maintaining tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods that were put in place by President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Biden criticized those tariffs as taxes on American consumers during his 2020 run for the White House.
Mr. Biden’s moves were the latest trade-war escalation from a president who initially pledged to repeal at least some of the Trump tariffs but now has refused to cede any ground to his rival in a tough-on-China appeal to swing voters in the industrial Midwest and beyond.
They also reflect Mr. Biden’s efforts to build on Mr. Trump’s consensus-defying trade confrontation with China while focusing it on sectors of strategic importance to the United States, like clean energy and semiconductors.
In remarks at the White House, Mr. Biden said his administration was “combining investments in America with tariffs that are strategic and targeted.”
Standing before a crowd that included the leaders of several labor unions and representatives from steel, aluminum and other manufacturers, Mr. Biden contrasted his approach with that of Mr. Trump.