奧巴馬和默克爾呼籲今年完成美歐貿易談判

Barack Obama and Angela Merkel have called for talks over a transatlantic trade deal to be completed this year as fears mount that the opportunity to reach an agreement is slipping away.

巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)和安格拉•默克爾(Angela Merkel)呼籲在今年完成一項跨大西洋貿易協定的談判。目前人們越來越擔心達成協議的機遇正在流失。

The US president used a visit to Hanover in Germany on Sunday to try to breathe new life into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which has been beset by political opposition in the US and Europe.

美國總統利用週日訪問德國漢諾威的機會，試圖爲《跨大西洋貿易與投資夥伴關係協定》（Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership，簡稱TTIP）注入新活力。該協定目前在美國和歐洲都遭到了政治反對。

“I am confident we will get this done,” Mr Obama said, talking about completing the negotiations this year. But he said time was “not on our side”, calling on all European leaders to support the deal and not “let this opportunity close”.

“我相信我們會完成這項工作，”奧巴馬錶示。但他表示，時間“不站在我們這一邊”，他呼籲所有歐洲領導人支持這項協定，而不要讓“這扇機遇大門關閉”。

President Obama was in Germany after a visit to Saudi Arabia and the UK where he waded into the Brexit debate, urging Britain to remain in the EU.

奧巴馬總統是在訪問沙特阿拉伯和英國之後訪問德國的。他在訪英期間介入了英國退歐(Brexit)的辯論，敦促英國留在歐盟。

Speaking at a joint press conference, Mr Obama went out of his way to praise the German chancellor, who has been one of his closest confidants among international leaders but whose domestic political standing has been undermined by the migrant crisis.

在與默克爾的聯合記者會上，奧巴馬對德國總理大加讚賞。默克爾一直是最能與他推心置腹的世界領導人之一，但其在國內的政治地位近來被難民危機削弱。