主持人：Washington right now is thinking about imposing tariffs on some 200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods. And if that does happen, that’s really going to hurt small businesses this time around and small businesses are so crucial to the American economy. What’s your take on this issue?

　　特朗普政府正在考虑对2000亿美元的中国商品征收关税。小型企业对美国经济至关重要，此举将更加伤害小型企业。您对这个问题有什么看法？

　　州长：It is a concern. That’s where we need to work through these issues. Because it’s not just small business, it raises prices to our consumers. So we need to be thoughtful about that. Again, I think there is still things to improve in terms of trade relations and intellectual property…but, let’s not get in a trade war, let’s not create an adverse environment if we can help it because, again that only hurts everyone versus saying we have proactive trade…that’s the right answer because I view it as it helps the whole world when China and Michigan, or China and America can work well together it sends a good message to everyone.

　　这是个大家都关心的问题，也是我们需要努力解决的问题。这不仅事关小企业，这会使我们的消费者面临更高的价格。我们需要考虑得更加周全。虽然我认为在贸易关系和知识产权领域，还有一些需要改进的地方。但我不希望贸易战的发生，我们不应该构建一个敌对的氛围，因为贸易战相较于积极贸易活动来说，只会伤害所有人。我认为这才是正确的答案，如果中国和密歇根州或者中国和美国能友好合作，这对全世界来说都是利好，能给每个人都传递出积极的信号。

　　主持人：And speaking of the domestic market, China will be hosting its first International Import Expo this November. This is going to be huge, it’s a mega platform connecting Chinese buyers with sellers from all around the world. How big of an opportunity do you think this is specifically to gain more market share here in China?

　　谈及中国国内市场，今年11月，中国将举办首届国际进口博览会。它将成为连接中国买家和世界各地产品的大型平台。美国公司应该如何利用这个平台在中国市场增加份额？

　　州长：I think it’s a good opportunity. It’s a way to build relations. I always tell people…people always underestimate, it’s hard to do business in another country, just anywhere. I’m an old business person, I’ve actually done that. And if you can create an environment to facilitate that to make you feel welcomed, to say here’s ways you can do it faster, better, easier, that encourages more of this work to get done, which I think is again a very much positive…because I view this as about long term relationships.

　　我认为这是一次很好的机遇。这是一个很好的构建关系的方式。我总是告诉他人，人们却总是低估这一点。在另一个国家做生意很难，无论在哪儿。我是一个传统商人，而我确实在这点上做成功了。如果你可以构建一个环境并且使得自己能够被欢迎，那么由此你可以做得更快、更好、更轻松，拓展更多的业务，这是非常积极的方式，并且我着眼于构建长期合作关系。

　　主持人：So Governor, what is your hope then for the China-US economic relationship going forward? How do the two countries manage their differences but also grow mutually as well?

　　您希望中美经济关系将如何发展？两国如何能最好地管理分歧并努力实现共同发展？

　　州长：Michigan is a great illustration of that. Michigan didn’t have much of a relationship with China until I became Governor. Now after eight years, we’re actually number three in terms of the rank state for the number of jobs created by foreign direct investment from China over the last several years. That’s huge in terms of helping our economy grow. Isn’t that the kind of message we want to reinforce with people? And we build great relationships with in particular with some parts of China where we have sister state relationships that I think we have more and more opportunity.

　　密歇根州本身可以成为一个例证。在我成为州长之前，密歇根并没有与中国有太多的往来。如今，八年以后，就来自中国的直接投资创造的就业岗位数量而言，我们是全美排名第三的州。这对于帮助我们的经济发展而言意义重大。这不正是我们想要给人们传递和强调的讯息吗？在中国，特别是一些与我们建立姐妹城市关系的地方，我们将有越来越多的合作机会。