蒂勒森亞的斯亞貝巴講話促美非貿易

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is highlighting female empowerment on International Women's Day in Addis Ababa Thursday - the second of his six-day tour of Africa.

Joining (Moussa Faki) the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission for a media briefing, Tillerson also spoke about initiatives aimed at boosting trade with Africa.

Tillerson said: "On trade, we also support the African Union's economic regional integration efforts to lower intra-trade barriers on the continent, boost more intra-regional trade - which we know has been a central goal of the negotiations around the constant Continental Free Trade Agreement, which we are quite supportive of. We look forward to engaging further with the African Union once that agreement is in place on how this will also promote greater participation of U.S. private sector business interests as well."

Tillerson's comments precede President Donald Trump's proposed new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, despite some of the members of his administration criticizing the idea as protectionist and anti-free trade.美國國務卿蒂勒森星期四國際婦女節這一天在埃塞爾比亞首都亞的斯亞貝巴發表講話時重點談到女權話題。這是他在非洲爲期六天的訪問行程的第二天。

在與非洲聯盟委員會主席穆薩·法基·穆罕默德聯合舉行的記者會上，蒂勒森還談到了有關促進美非貿易的計劃。

他說： “在貿易上，我們還支持非洲聯盟爲了降低洲內貿易壁壘、促進更多區域內貿易的地區經濟一體化的努力，我們知道這一直是圍繞着持續性的非洲大陸自由貿易協定進行談判的核心目標，這也是我們相當支持的。我們期待在協議達成後，與非洲聯盟更進一步的探討如何通過這項協議讓更多的美國私營企業也參與進來。”

蒂勒森的講話結束後不久，川普總統就表示他將堅持對進口鋼鋁產品徵收新的關稅的計劃。川普政府內的一些成員批評他的想法是保護主義和反自由貿易。