美國商務部長吉娜·雷蒙多6月5日在接受美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）采訪時表示，拜登總統要求他的團隊考慮取消部分對華關稅，以抑制當前居高不下的通脹。

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that President Joe Biden has asked his team to look at the option of lifting some tariffs on China that were put into place by former President Donald Trump to combat the current high inflation.
美國商務部長吉娜·雷蒙多6月5日稱，拜登總統已要求他的團隊考慮取消部分前總統特朗普對華加征的關稅，以緩解當前的高通脹。

"We are looking at it. In fact, the president has asked us on his team to analyze that. And so we are in the process of doing that for him and he will have to make that decision," Raimondo told CNN in an interview on Sunday when asked about whether the Biden administration was weighing lifting tariffs on China to ease inflation.
當被問及拜登政府是否正在考慮取消對華關稅以緩解通貨膨脹時，雷蒙多對CNN表示：“我們正在考慮此事。事實上，拜登總統已經要求我們對此進行分析。因此，我們正在研究，他將不得不作出決定。”

"There are other products – household goods, bicycles, etc. – and it may make sense" to weigh lifting tariffs on those, she said.
雷蒙多表示，“考慮取消家庭用品和自行車等產品的關稅也許是可行的”。

Biden has said he is considering removing some of the tariffs imposed on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods by his predecessor in 2018 and 2019.
拜登表示，他正在考慮取消前總統特朗普在2018年和2019年對價值數千億美元的中國輸美商品征收的部分關稅。

"[The removal] will benefit the US, China and the whole world," said Shu Jueting, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), in early May, adding trade teams from both sides were maintaining communications.
5月初，中國商務部發言人束玨婷表示：“（美方取消對華加征關稅...）有利于美國，有利于中國，有利于世界。”她還介紹，中美雙方經貿團隊保持正常溝通。

Congress passed the COVID-19 relief package a year ago before it was signed into law, marking a signature achievement of Biden's first year in office.
一年前，美國國會通過了新冠救助方案，被簽署成為法律，這是拜登上任第一年的標志性成就。

The US consumer prices, which tracks what consumers pay for goods and services, peaked at 8.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, hitting the fastest inflation rate since 1981.
與一年前相比，今年3月美國消費者價格指數（追蹤消費者為商品和服務支付的價格的指數）達到了8.5%的峰值，創下了自1981年以來的最高通貨膨脹率。

來源：CGTN, 路透社
編輯：董靜