希拉里：亞洲是美國經濟外交政策新重點

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says America needs to put economic issues at the heart of its foreign policy, and reach across the Pacific to build stronger ties with Asia.

In a speech prepared for delivery Friday at the Economic Club in New York City, Clinton will tell business leaders America is facing a world where power will be determined more by economic rather than military might. She will also say the strong cross-Atlantic ties Washington has forged with Europe must be duplicated with the Asian region.

Patrick Chovanec, an economics professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University, tells VOA that Clinton's planned remarks represent a renewed U.S. emphasis on Asia, especially in light of China's growing economic status and its territorial ambitions in the Pacific Rim.

Clinton will also stress that the merger of economic and foreign policy must be applied to the changing situation in the Middle East, saying "the Arab political awakening must also be an economic awakening."美國國務卿希拉里.克林頓說，美國需要將經濟議題作爲其外交政策的核心，並要跨過太平洋與亞洲建立更牢固的關係。

克林頓爲星期五在紐約經濟俱樂部準備的講話中將向商界領袖表示，在美國面臨的這個世界裏，國家實力將更加由經濟實力決定，而不是軍事實力。

她還將提到，華盛頓與歐洲建立了大西洋之間的牢固關係，美國跟亞洲國家之間也要建立起這樣的關係。

清華大學的經濟學教授程致宇(Patrick Chovanec)對美國之音表示，克林頓準備發表的演講表明美國重新開始重視亞洲，特別是考慮到中國正在增強的經濟地位及其在亞太地區的雄心。

克林頓還強調，經濟與外交政策的結合也必須應用於不斷變化的中東局勢。她說，阿拉伯世界的政治覺醒必須同時也是經濟的覺醒。