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1.新聞網址︰
https://reurl.cc/7eK74N


2.新聞來源︰
美聯社


3.完整新聞標題
Australia, Lithuania to unite in countering China pressures


4.完整新聞內容︰
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The foreign ministers of Australia and Lithuania agr
eed Wednesday to step up cooperation on strategic challenges, in particular pres
sures from China.

澳大利亞坎培拉（美聯社）——澳大利亞和立陶宛外交部長周三同意加強合作以應對戰略挑
戰，特別是來自中國的壓力。

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Australian counterp
art Marise Payne met Wednesday at Parliament House.

立陶宛外交部長 Gabrielius Landsbergis 和澳大利亞外交部長 Marise Payne 週三在澳大
利亞國會會面。

Australian exporters have lost tens of billions of dollars to official and unoff
icial Chinese trade barriers covering coal, wine, beef, crayfish and barley that
 have coincided with deteriorating relations with Beijing.

澳大利亞出口商因中國官方和非官方的貿易壁壘損失了數百億美元，這些貿易壁壘涵蓋煤炭
、葡萄酒、牛肉、小龍蝦和大麥，而這些貿易壁壘恰逢與北京的關係惡化之時。

Lithuania, a country of 2.8 million in the Baltic region, more recently drew Bei
jing’s ire after breaking with diplomatic custom by agreeing that Taiwan’s off
ice in its capital Vilnius would bear the name Taiwan instead of Chinese Taipei,
 a term used by other countries to avoid offending Beijing.



“For quite a while, Australia was probably one of the main examples where China
 is using economy and trade as a political instrument or, one might say, even as
 a political weapon,” Landsbergis said.

“在很長的一段時間裡，澳大利亞可能是中國將經濟和貿易作為政治工具，或甚至可以說是
作為政治武器的主要範例之一，” Landsbergis 說。

“Now Lithuania joins this exclusive club . . . but it is apparent that we’re d
efinitely not the last ones,” he added.

“現在立陶宛加入了這個專屬俱樂部……但很明顯地，我們絕對不會是最後一個，”他補充
道。

Payne said she agreed with Landsbergis on the importance of like-minded countrie
s working together with a consistent approach to maintaining the international r
ules-based order, free and open trade, transparency, security and stability.

Payne 表示，她同意 Landsbergis 的觀點，即志同道合的國家以一致的方式合作以維護基
於規則的國際秩序、自由和開放的貿易、透明度、安全和穩定的重要性。

“There are many colleagues with whom the foreign minister (Landsbergis) and I w
ork and engage on these issues . . . the more I think we are sending the stronge
st possible message about our rejection of coercion and our rejection of authori
tarianism,” Payne said.

“我和外交部長 (Landsbergis) 與許多同事一起工作並處理這些問題……我認為我們正發
出更多關於我們拒絕脅迫和拒絕威權主義的最強烈訊息，” Payne 說。

Landsbergis welcomed Australia to World Trade Organization consultations over a
complaint by the European Union accusing Beijing of holding up goods — both fro
m member nation Lithuania and from EU companies that use Lithuanian components
— at China’s borders.

Landsbergis 歡迎澳大利亞參加世界貿易組織就歐盟指控北京在中國邊境扣留來自成員國立
陶宛和使用立陶宛零部件的歐盟公司的貨物的投訴進行協商。

“We need to remind countries like China or any other country that would wish to
 use trade as a weapon that like-minded countries across the globe . . . have to
ols and regulations that help withstand the coercion and not to give in to . . .
 political and economic pressures,” Landsbergis said.

“我們需要提醒像中國這樣的國家或任何其他希望將貿易作為武器的國家，及有類似想法的
國家……我們擁有有助於抵禦脅迫而不屈服的工具和法規，”Landsbergis 說。

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Tuesday that China was ad
hering to WTO rules in its dealings with Lithuania.

中國外交部發言人趙立堅週二表示，中國在與立陶宛打交道時有遵守世貿組織規則。

“The so-called ‘coercion’ of China against Lithuania is purely made out of th
in air,” he said Tuesday.

“中國對立陶宛的所謂‘脅迫’純屬憑空捏造，”他週二表示。

“China urges Lithuania to face up to the objective facts, mend its ways and com
e back to the right track of adhering to the one-China principle. It should stop
 confounding right with wrong and maliciously hyping things up, let alone trying
 to rope other countries in to gang up on China,” Zhao said.

“中方敦促立陶宛正視客觀事實，改弦易轍，回到堅持一個中國原則的正確軌道上來。 應
該停止混淆是非和惡意炒作，更不要試圖拉攏其他國家對抗中國，”趙說。

The one-China principle holds that Taiwan is part of China and the Communist gov
ernment in Beijing is China’s sole legitimate government.

一個中國原則認為，台灣是中國的一部分，北京的共產黨政府是中國唯一的合法政府。

Lithuania’s first embassy in the 31-year history of bilateral ties opened in Ca
nberra on Wednesday. Lithuania also offered support for Australia reaching a fre
e trade deal with the EU. Australia plans to open a trade office in Lithuania so
on.

立陶宛在雙邊關係 31 年的歷史上第一個大使館於週三在坎培拉開幕。 立陶宛還支持澳大
利亞與歐盟達成自由貿易協定。 澳大利亞計劃很快在立陶宛開設貿易辦事處。

Landsbergis said disruptions by China and Russia of the “global rules-based ord
er” required an international response. “We have to act counter-disruptively.
That means reassuring and strengthening our ties and, actually, this rules-based
 order that provides security for some of us and prosperity also for the others,
” he added.





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