美國機構建議阻止中國國企收購美企
Is it time for a crackdown on Chinese state-owned enterprises buying stakes in US companies? A key policy group thinks so, according to a report released on Wednesday that may provide ammunition to the incoming Republican administration as it eyes a more protectionist stance on global trade.
現在該對收購美國公司股權的中國國有企業進行打擊嗎？根據週三公佈的一份報告，一個重要政策機構的答案是肯定的，這份報告可能給正考慮對全球貿易採取更爲保護主義的立場的新一屆共和黨政府提供依據。
With the US-China trade deficit reaching its highest level on record last year – $365.7bn, 6.5 per cent higher than a year earlier –
去年，美中貿易逆差達到有記錄以來最高，至3657億美元，較前一年增長6.5%。
The US-China Economic Security Review Commission, which makes policy recommendations to the US government on its trade relationship with China, is recommending that the US stop China’s state-owned enterprises from acquiring or otherwise gaining control of American companies.
爲美國政府就美中貿易關係提供政策建議的美中經濟與安全評估委員會(US-China Economic and Security Review Commission)建議，美國應阻止中國國有企業收購或以其他方式控制美國企業。
Chinese investment in US companies is rising rapidly and will continue to rise as China looks beyond its borders to juice up economic growth, the panel wrote in its annual report to Congress.
該委員會在其提交給美國國會的年度報告中寫道，中國對美國企業的投資正快速增長，並將繼續增長，目前中國爲了加速經濟增長正把目光投向海外。
Tech companies in particular have been favourite takeover targets.
特別是科技公司成爲中國企業最青睞的收購目標。
For instance, over the past year, Chinese companies made more than 20 attempts to buy all or part of US semiconductor companies like Fairchild Semiconductor and Micron Technology, the report said.
例如，報告稱，過去一年，中國企業曾20多次試圖完全或部分收購美國半導體企業，例如仙童半導體公司(Fairchild Semiconductor)和美光科技(Micron Technology)。
That has led to growing political concerns over the inherently high risk that Chinese state-owned enterprises may leverage the technology, intelligence and market power it gains through those acquisitions in the service of the Chinese state to the detriment of US national security, according to the report.
報告稱，這導致對於內在高風險的政治擔憂日益加劇：中國國有企業可能會利用其通過這些收購獲取的技術、情報和市場力量，爲中國政府服務，損害美國國家安全。
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States – an inter-agency panel made up of officials from multiple US agencies, including national security and defence –
美國外國投資委員會(Committee on Foreign Investment in the US)是一個跨部門委員會，由來自美國多個部門的官員組成，包括國家安全和國防部門。
Is authorised to review proposed transactions that may hand control of a US business over to a foreign person to discern its effect on national security interests.
該委員會被授權審覈可能將美國企業控制權交與外國人之手的擬議交易，考察其對國家安全利益的影響。
Out of more than 100 deals it reviewed in 2014 – the last year for which data are available – 24 involved Chinese companies, the report said.
報告稱，在2014年（這是可獲得數據的最近一個年份）該委員會評估的100多筆交易中，有24筆涉及中國企業。
The panel’s report recommended that US lawmakers authorise the CFIUS to bar Chinese state-owned enterprises from acquiring or otherwise gaining effective control of US companies.
美中經濟與安全評估委員會的報告建議，美國立法者應授權美國外國投資委員會禁止中國國有企業收購或以其他方式取得美國企業的實際控制權。
