My great friendship with President Xi of China and our country' s relationship with China are both very important to me. Trade between our nations, however, has been very unfair, for a very long time. This situation is no longer sustainable. China has, for example, long been engaging in several unfair practices related to the acquisition of American intellectual property and technology. These practices, documented in an extensive report published by the United States Trade Representative(USTR) on March22,2018, harm our economic and national security and deepen our already massive trade imbalance with China.
In light of China' s theft of intellectual property and technology and its other unfair trade practices, the United States will implement a25 percent tariff on$50 billion of goods from China that contain industrially significant technologies. This includes goods related to China' s Made in China2025 strategic plan to dominate the emerging high-technology industries that will drive future economic growth for China, but hurt economic growth for the United States and many other countries. The United States can no longer tolerate losing our technology and intellectual property through unfair economic practices.
These tariffs are essential to preventing further unfair transfers of American technology and intellectual property to China, which will protect American jobs. In addition, they will serve as an initial step toward bringing balance to the trade relationship between the United States and China.
The United States will pursue additional tariffs if China engages in retaliatory measures, such as imposing new tariffs on United States goods, services, or agricultural products; raising non-tariff barriers; or taking punitive actions against American exporters or American companies operating in China.
白宫声明的中文翻译：
我与中国习近平主席的伟大友谊和我们国家与中国的关系，对我都非常重要。但是我们国家间的贸易很长时间以来一直非常不公平。这种局面不能再持续下去了。举例说，长期以来，中国在有关获取美国知识产权和技术的问题上，采取了几种不公平做法。美国贸易代表办公室(USTR)2018年3月22日公布的详尽报告中记录了这些做法。这些做法伤害我们的经济和国家安全，并加深我们同中国已经严重失衡的贸易。
鉴于中国盗窃知识产权和技术以及其它不公平贸易做法，美国将对来自中国、包含产业关键技术的货物落实征收25%的关税。这包括与中国的〝中国制造2025〞战略计划相关的货物。这项计划是要主宰新兴高科技产业，推动中国未来经济增长，但却伤害美国和其它许多国家的经济发展。美国不能再容忍由于不公平的经济做法而失去技术及知识产权。
这些关税对阻止美国技术和知识产权进一步不公平地转往中国至关重要，并将保护美国的就业。此外，它们将作为使美中贸易关系走向平衡的初步措施。
如果中国采取报复措施，例如对美国货物、服务或者农产品加收新关税；提高非关税壁垒；或对美国出口商或在中国经营的美国公司采取惩罚行动，美国将谋求额外的关税。
