11-14-2005

美贸易代表促北京助打破世贸农业争端 (U.S. Trade Envoy Urges Beijing to Help Solve WTO Agriculture Dispute)

美国贸易代表波特曼说，中国应该利用做为主要贸易大国的地位帮助打破有关世界贸易组织农业政策谈判的僵局。波特曼星期一在北京说，中国应该更加积极地就下个月世贸组织如何在香港召开的会议之前达成一致提出建议。

由于在农业政策方面存在分歧，世贸组织贸易自由化谈判从2003年以来基本处于僵局。波特曼还说，他要求中国官员在向美国产品开放市场方面取得更快进展，同时更加努力地杜绝非法录制音乐、影视作品以及其它侵犯知识产权的行为。

The United States Trade Representative Rob Portman says China should use its status as a major trading power to help break the deadlock concerning World Trade Organization (WTO) agriculture policies. Speaking Monday in Beijing, Rob Portman said China should be more aggressive in suggesting how the WTO could reach a consensus ahead of next month's WTO meeting in Hong Kong.

WTO negotiations on trade liberalization have been largely deadlocked since 2003 due to the disagreement over agriculture policy. Portman also said he pressed Chinese officials to make faster progress in opening their markets to imports from the United States and to work harder to stamp out the illegal copying of music, movies and other intellectual property.

法政府批准延长紧急状态(French Government Approves Extending Emergency Measures)

法国内阁部长星期一批准把紧急状态延长3个月。实行紧急状态是为了结束法国近3个星期来的一系列暴力和纵火事件。内阁批准后，该议案现在必须送交法国议会审议。上星期宣布实行的紧急状态将于下星期天结束。当局说，自从宣布紧急状态后，各地暴力开始减少，所以政府官员决定将紧急状态予以延长。紧急状态给予地方政府实行宵禁等其他安全措施的权力。

警方说，星期天夜里在图卢兹有零星骚乱，但是巴黎局势平静。里昂等其他骚乱最为严重的城市也比较平静。大部份动乱发生在贫穷的郊区，那里聚集了对社会环境不满的穆斯林青少年。

French cabinet ministers approved Monday a three-month extension of a state of emergency enacted to help end a wave of rioting and arson attacks that has gripped the country for nearly three weeks. After the approval by the cabinet, the measure must now go to parliament for consideration. The state of emergency declared last week is due to expire next Sunday. Officials decided to extend it after authorities said violence across the country has decreased since it was put in place. The emergency status gives local officials the power to impose curfews and other security measures.

Overnight, police say there were some isolated incidents of unrest in the city of Toulouse, but the capital, Paris, was quiet. Most of the unrest has taken place in poor suburban areas where Muslim youths are angry about social conditions.