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Business and industry representatives in the United States have welcomed the tariff reduction proposal on a total of $60 billion worth of goods put forward by the US-China Board of Trade in September, as the levies have caused uncertainty ahead of the holiday season.
美中贸易委员会 9 月提出对总额 600 亿美元商品下调关税的提案，美国工商界代表对此表示欢迎，因为关税在假日季来临前带来了不确定性。
The proposal to lower tariffs on both US and Chinese exports was announced by the Board of Trade on Sept 27, following President Xi Jinping's meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, DC.
在习近平主席与唐纳德・特朗普总统于华盛顿特区会晤后，该委员会于 9 月 27 日公布这项对美中两国出口商品下调关税的提案。
China's Ministry of Commerce said the US will reduce tariffs on imports from China including toys, home appliances, baby products, kitchen and bathroom fixtures and holiday gifts, while China will lower tariffs on imports from the US including agricultural products, personal care products, medical devices and coal.
中国商务部表示，美方将降低自华进口商品关税，品类包括玩具、家电、母婴用品、厨卫设备以及节日礼品；中方将降低自美进口商品关税，品类包括农产品、个人护理用品、医疗器械和煤炭。
In a statement, Greg Ahearn, president and CEO of The Toy Association, said: "The toy industry is pleased that toys have been designated as a category of nonsensitive goods under the US-China Board of Trade framework. This marks a historic win for American toy companies — 96 percent of which are small businesses and families — especially as we approach the holidays."
美国玩具协会总裁兼首席执行官格雷格・埃亨在声明中表示：“玩具行业很高兴玩具被纳入美中贸易委员会框架下的非敏感商品类别。这是美国玩具企业的历史性胜利 —— 其中 96% 为小微企业和家族企业，尤其眼下假日季即将到来。”
Gary C. Hufbauer, a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that if the tariff reductions proposed by the Board of Trade materialize, they could lead to "significant gains" for both sides.
彼得森国际经济研究所非常驻高级研究员加里・克莱德・赫夫鲍尔称，如果该委员会提出的降税方案落地，将给双方带来 “可观收益”。
However, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer recently stated that no timeline has been decided to cut tariffs on goods recommended by the Board of Trade.
但美国贸易代表贾米森・格里尔近期表示，尚未确定针对该委员会推荐商品实施关税削减的时间表。
"We have to stick to our legal processes," he told the G20 trade ministers' meeting that took place from Sept 30 to Oct 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
9 月 30 日至 10 月 1 日，在威斯康星州密尔沃基举办的二十国集团贸易部长会议上，他表示：“我们必须遵守法定程序。”
He added that other USTR Section 301 investigations into Chinese products would continue.
他补充说，美国贸易代表办公室针对中国商品的其他 301 条款调查仍将继续。
In another significant move, the US and China extended an agreement to pause imposition of higher tariffs by two months — it was set to expire on Nov 10.
另一项重要举措是，美中双方将暂停加征更高关税的协议延长两个月，原协议将于 11 月 10 日到期。
While the pause provides temporary clarity for US businesses, many still want a long-term solution to steady the US-China trade relationship further, said an expert.
一名专家表示，尽管这项暂停安排给美国企业带来短期确定性，但很多企业仍希望出台长期方案，进一步稳定美中贸易关系。
Professor Wei Liang, the Gordon Paul Smith Chair of international policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California, said that uncertainty over the length of future tariff pauses hits not only US companies that invest in China, but also other companies that want to continue to manufacture in China and then export back to the US market.
美国加利福尼亚州明德大学蒙特雷国际研究院戈登・保罗・史密斯国际政策讲席教授梁薇表示，未来关税暂停期限存在不确定性，受冲击的不仅是在华投资的美国企业，还有希望继续在华生产并将产品出口回美国市场的其他企业。
"They cannot just rely on this (pause of) six months, 10 months, 12 months, tariffs. They really need a clear message before they know what to do next. That market uncertainty has hurt a lot of business interests," she said.
她说：“企业不能仅仅依靠为期 6 个月、10 个月或 12 个月的关税暂停政策。它们确实需要明确信号，才能规划后续行动。这种市场不确定性已经损害大量商业利益。”
Meanwhile, according to a survey by China Beige Book, a research firm based in New York, US businesses have placed more orders for Chinese goods this year than a year ago.
与此同时，总部位于纽约的研究机构中国褐皮书的一项调查显示，美国企业今年对华商品订单量高于去年同期。
Its survey, seen by CNBC, found that as "China's relative tariff position improved", shipments to the US rose on both a yearly and monthly basis, according to the data taken from a poll of 1,295 Chinese companies from Sept 1 to 22.
美国消费者新闻与商业频道获取的这份调查显示，9 月 1 日至 22 日对 1295 家中国企业开展调研的数据表明，随着 “中国商品相对关税处境改善”，对华输美货物量同比、环比均出现增长。
tariff /ˈtærɪf/n. 关税
proposal /prəˈpəʊzl/n. 提议；提案
uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtnti/n. 不确定性
export /ˈekspɔːt/n. 出口商品；出口
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