翻译硕士MTI《商务口译》教材(MP3+文本)Unit17-3:关于中国和多边贸易体制的关系的演讲(下)

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      Passage 3

      Thesecondphaseofthenegotiationwasfrom 1993 toNovember, 1999 whentheagreementwasreachedwiththeUSA. Duringthissecondphase, wefocusedonopeningupthemarket. Openingupthemarketwasaverysensitivething, notonlyforChina, butforallthecountriesintheworld. Itwas, anditisnow, averysensitivethingtoopenupthenativemarketandletinforeignproductsandservices. Butaftersixyearsofnegotiations, Chinahadrealizedthatopeningupthemarketdidnotmeanmakingconcessionsallthetime. Openingupthemarket, toacertaindegree, wasnotconcession, butprogression. Thiswaswhatwediscoveredaftersixyears'hardnegotiations. WTOaccessionnegotiation, especiallynegotiationconcerningopeningupthemarket, wasextremelyhardandcomplicated.
      Itwascomplicatedbecause, theoreticallyspeaking, ifChinawantedtobeamemberofWTO, Chinahadtoreachanagreementwitheachofover 100 membercountriesintermsofmarketaccess. Itwassolvedbybilateralnegotiationratherthanmultilateralnegotiation. Eachcountryhaddifferenteconomicstructureandproductmixandeachcountryhaddifferentconcern, soyouhadtotackletheconcernsofeachcountryonebyonethroughbilateralnegotiationsoastosolvespecificproblems. Withregardtothenegotiationwitheachcountry, itwaseasierwithsomecountrieswhilecomplicatedwithothers. TakeIcelandforexample. Thereishardlyanautomobileormanufacturingindustryanditspolarindustryisfishing. BecausethiscountryislocatedintheArcticOcean, itspolarindustryisfishingintheArcticOcean. Therefore, thenegotiationwithIcelandwasquiteeasy, becausetherequirementoftheIcelanddelegationwasverysimple: AslongasyoureducetheimporttariffoffishfromArcticOcean, wecanreachanagreement. WewereawarethatasweareveryfarawayfromIcelandandthecostforfishingintheArcticOceanisveryhigh, itwouldnotinfluenceourindustrymuch. IrememberwehadapleasantnegotiationwiththeIcelanddelegation. ItwasasunnymorninginGenevaandwesatinacafé. IwasveryhappybecauseIhadgotfullauthorizationfromthecentralgovernmentthatIcouldsayyestothefishtariffreductionandtherewasnoneedtonegotiate. ButIcouldnotimmediatelysay “OK, Iagreewithallyourfiveconditions” andthenendthenegotiationwithinthreeminutes. SoIspentsometimetalkingaboutIcelandandabouttheweatherinGeneva. After 15 minutes, wegotdowntobusinessandreachedanagreementverysoon. Itwasareallypleasantexperience.
      Negotiationswithsomeothercountrieswerealsoquiteeasy. Forexample, Columbiawasreallyconcernedwithonlytwothings. Oneiscoffee. AsweknowColumbiaisfamousforitscoffee, anditscoffeeproductionisalsoverylarge. Theother