在16日的中国外交部例行记者会上，有记者提问：
“美国在《关于301调查的声明》中指责中国长期从事不公平贸易，导致中国占便宜、美国吃亏。外交部发言人对此有何回应？”
In its statement on Section 301 Action, the US accused China of long engaging in unfair trade practices which have benefited itself and shortchanged the US. What is your comment?
面对这个问题，外交部发言人华春莹向美方提出三个问题：
中国商务部上周已经发表声明，批驳了美方有关错误观点，指出美方有关指责完全是歪曲事实、站不住脚。我想再问美方几个问题：
第一，众所周知，美国是世界贸易规则主要制定者，美元是国际贸易主要结算货币，而中国是国际贸易后来者、WTO规则接受者。大家有谁相信，规则制定者制定的规则是利人不利己的？
First, everyone knows that the US is the rule-maker in international trade, and the US dollar is universally accepted in international settlements, while China is a later-comer in international trade and rule-taker in the WTO. Who would believe that the rule-maker would make rules to serve others rather than itself?
第二，过去40年间，中美贸易规模增长了230多倍，去年两国贸易总量已接近6000亿美元，这既是经济规律使然，也是中美经贸合作互利共赢的必然。大家都知道，生意人不做亏本买卖，资本从来都是逐利的。难道美国在过去40年里一直和中国做亏本买卖吗？美方可不可以请那些长期和中国做生意的美国企业出来说句公道话？
Second, over the past 40 years, the China-US trade volume has expanded by more than 230 times, with last year's number approximating US$ 600 billion. Such an expansion is a result of economic laws as well as the mutually beneficial nature of China-US economic and trade cooperation. No businessman is interested in loss-making deals, and capital seeks profits. How come that the US has been willingly doing loss-making deals with China over the past four decades? Why won't the US side listen to the fair words of the US enterprises who have long been business partners of Chinese enterprises?
第三，今天中国已成为120多个国家和地区的最大贸易伙伴，是世界上增长最快的主要出口市场，全球吸引外资最多的发展中国家。去年中国吸引外资居世界第二位，今年上半年中国新设立外商投资企业同比增长96.6％。难道这么多国家都在并将继续与中国做亏本生意吗？
Third, China is now the largest trading partner of more than 120 countries and regions, the fastest growing major export market and the largest recipient of foreign investment among developing countries, with the FDI inflow ranking second last year. In the first half of this year, new companies registered by foreign investors showed a 96.6 percent increase year-on-year. Does it sound logical that all these countries have been shortchanged by China and they still want to do business like this with China?
我想指出，贸易不平衡不等于不公平。公平是靠大家平等协商来制定国际规则，而不能自说自话，根据自身利益来制定标准，甚至以牺牲其他国家公平和利益为代价谋取最大利益。
I wish to say that when it comes to trade, imbalance does not mean unfairness. Fairness is everybody making international rules together through equal-footed consultations. Fairness is anything but one party calling the shots and dictating rules-making to serve and maximize its own interests at the cost of justice and equality for others.
如果说，当年中国入世谈判时，WTO规则的“篮筐”不会为中国而降低，那么今天，经济全球化大潮也绝不会因为某个国家包括美方有些人逆潮流而动而退回到一个个自我孤立的小河小湖。在今天这个各国相互依存、命运与共的时代里，保护主义保护不了自己，单边主义只会损人害己。
When China negotiated its way into the WTO, no thresholds of the WTO had been lowered for China's sake. In the same vein, the global economic ocean will not be channeled back into isolated lakes and creeks just because of some individual's resistance against the tide. In today's world where our interests and futures are closely entwined, protectionism could not protect and unilateralism would achieve nothing but everyone's detriment.
（来源：中国日报双语新闻编辑部）
