奥巴马顾问批罗姆尼对中国说硬话不负责任

A foreign policy adviser to President Barack Obama says Republican candidate Mitt Romney's pledge to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office is irresponsible and risks upsetting U.S.-China relations.

美国共和党总统候选人罗姆尼曾经承诺，他如果当选总统，上任第一天就会将中国列为货币操纵国。奥巴马总统的一位外交政策顾问表示，这是不负责任的表现，并会威胁到美中关系。

At a debate Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Obama's former senior Asia policy aide Jeff Bader said it is "astonishing" Mr. Romney would take the step during Beijing's sensitive leadership transition, which begins two days after the November 6 election.

星期三在约翰斯.霍普金斯大学举行的辩论会上，奥巴马总统的前任高级亚洲政策顾问巴德说，如果罗姆尼在北京权力交接的敏感时期采取这一行动将会“令人震惊”。中国的18大将在美国大选两天后举行。

Bader, who serves on the president's re-election committee, said China's new Communist Party leaders will "not be in a passive mood for threats and being backed into corners." He said he guarantees they will "retaliate."

巴德目前效力于奥巴马总统竞选连任委员会。他说，中共新领导人不会消极对待美国的威胁，不会被逼到没有退路的角落。他说，他可以肯定，中国领导人会进行报复。

Romney campaign national security adviser Aaron Friedberg said the U.S. should not "be paralyzed" because of fears of sparking a trade war between the world's two largest economies. He insists the move would not "trigger Armageddon," arguing that "China is more dependent on the United States than we are on them."

罗姆尼竞选班子的国家安全事务顾问弗里德伯格表示，美国不应该因为害怕世界上两个最大的经济体爆发贸易战而“陷入瘫痪”。他坚称，将中国列为货币操纵国不会导致世界末日，因为中国对美国的依赖大于美国对中国的依赖。