奧巴馬顧問批羅姆尼對中國說硬話不負責任大綱
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.
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.
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."
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.
美國共和黨總統候選人羅姆尼曾經承諾，他如果當選總統，上任第一天就會將中國列爲貨幣操縱國。奧巴馬總統的一位外交政策顧問表示，這是不負責任的表現，並會威脅到美中關係。
星期三在約翰斯.霍普金斯大學舉行的辯論會上，奧巴馬總統的前任高級亞洲政策顧問巴德說，如果羅姆尼在北京權力交接的敏感時期採取這一行動將會“令人震驚”。中國的18大將在美國大選兩天後舉行。
巴德目前效力於奧巴馬總統競選連任委員會。他說，中共新領導人不會消極對待美國的威脅，不會被逼到沒有退路的角落。他說，他可以肯定，中國領導人會進行報復。
羅姆尼競選班子的國家安全事務顧問弗裏德伯格表示，美國不應該因爲害怕世界上兩個最大的經濟體爆發貿易戰而“陷入癱瘓”。他堅稱，將中國列爲貨幣操縱國不會導致世界末日，因爲中國對美國的依賴大於美國對中國的依賴。
