Reuters-Yellen says Indo-Pacific countries should not have to choose between US and China
November 2, 2023 2 min 237 words
财政部长贾内特·耶伦在一次演讲中试图向亚洲国家保证美国对待中国的方式不会导致全球经济的“灾难性”分裂，迫使它们在两者之间选边站队。耶伦在即将于本月底在旧金山举行的美国主办的亚太经济合作峰会前发表讲话，表示美中经济的完全脱钩“根本不切实际”，尤其是考虑到亚洲供应链的复杂性以及该地区对中国的深厚经济联系。她的言论旨在缓解日益增长的关于全球经济地缘政治分裂为美国主导和中国主导势力的担忧，因为世界两大经济体之间的出口和国家安全技术管制不断加强。她重申，美国不寻求与中国脱钩。“我们的经济完全分离，或者迫使包括印太地区国家在内的国家选边站队的方式，将对全球产生重大负面影响，”耶伦说，“我们对这种分裂的世界及其灾难性后果不感兴趣。”耶伦表示，美国正在寻求“降低风险和多元化”其与中国的经济联系，通过在国内进行制造投资以及与全球盟友和伙伴，包括印太地区国家，加强联系。这一立场呼应了当前全球经济格局下的不确定性，表明美国愿意维持和发展与亚洲国家的合作，而不是迫使它们在美中之间做出困难的选择。
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday sought to reassure Asian countries that the U.S. approach to China will not lead to a 'disastrous' division of the global economy that would force them to take sides.
In a speech ahead of the U.S.-hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in San Francisco later this month, Yellen said that a full de-coupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies was "simply not practical," especially given the complexity of Asian supply chains and deep economic linkages to China in the region.
Her comments sought to assuage growing concerns about geopolitical fragmentation of the global economy into U.S.-led and China-led factions as export and national security technology controls grow between the world's two largest economies.
She reiterated that the U.S. is not seeking to decouple from China.
"A full separation of our economies, or an approach in which countries including those in the Indo-Pacific are forced to take sides, would have significant negative global repercussions," Yellen said. "We have no interest in such a divided world and its disastrous effects."
Yellen said the U.S. was pursuing the "de-risking and diversifying" of its economic ties to China, by investing in manufacturing at home and by strengthening linkages with allies and partners around the world, including Indo-Pacific countries.