VOA常速英语:Trade and Investment with Sri Lanka(翻译)

An inter-sessional meeting of the U.S.-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting was held on September 1, 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The meeting was Co-Chaired by Sri Lanka Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South representing the governments of Sri Lanka and the United States of America, respectively.
在美国-斯里兰卡贸易与投资框架协议（TIFA）理事会议闭会期间，一场会议于2016年9月1日在斯里兰卡首都科伦坡举行。这场会议由斯里兰卡发展战略和国际贸易部部长马利克·萨马拉维克拉马、以及美国南亚和中亚助理贸易代表迈克尔·J·德莱尼联合主持，双方分别代表斯里兰卡和美利坚合众国政府。

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Atul Keshap and Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Arun M. Kumar delivered opening remarks, praising the newly elected Sri Lankan government’s commitment to democracy, accountability, human rights and economic reform while noting that there was significant scope to expand on the existing trade and investment relationship where the United States is the number one destination for Sri Lankan exports.
美国驻斯里兰卡大使阿图尔和美国商务部全球市场助理部长、美国和外国商务局局长阿伦·M·古玛发表了会议开幕致辞，对新当选的斯里兰卡政府在民主、问责、人权、以及经济改革等问题方面的承诺表示赞赏，同时指出现有的贸易和投资关系还有很大的扩展空间，其中美国是斯里兰卡头号出口目标国家。

Ambassador Keshap noted that the United States, through a number of ongoing assistance programs, seeks to further strengthen the strong economic ties with Sri Lanka. A/USTR Delaney recalled USTR Ambassador Michael Froman’s remarks during the April 28 U.S.-Sri Lanka TIFA Council meeting,in which he noted that the concrete and specific initiatives developed within the TIFA will strengthen Sri Lanka’s trade and investment regime and mobilize more of the Sri Lankan population to participate in a trade oriented economy.
阿图尔大使指出，通过一系列不间断的援助计划，美国寻求进一步加强和斯里兰卡的强大经济关系。助理贸易代表德莱尼引述了美国贸易代表迈克尔·弗罗曼在四月28日美国-斯里兰卡TIFA理事会期间的讲话，弗罗曼在讲话中指出在TIFA框架下制定的具体措施将会加强斯里兰卡的贸易和投资体制、并且将调动更多的斯里兰卡人民参与到一个贸易导向型经济中来。

Minister Samarawickrama highlighted the reforms that the Government of Sri Lanka is undertaking to improve the ease of doing business, facilitate greater exports, increase regional integration, attract foreign direct investment, and to support reconciliation.
萨马拉维克拉马部长强调了斯里兰卡政府正在进行的改革，提高了贸易的便利性、促进了更大的出口、增加了区域一体化、吸引了外国直接投资、并且支持和谐。

At the conclusion of the April 28 TIFA Council meeting, a U.S.-Sri Lanka Joint Action Plan to Increase External Trade and Investment was adopted. Both sides affirmed their belief that the bilateral trade and investment relationship has great potential that can be realized through adoption of enabling measures jointly incorporated in the Plan.
在4月28日TIFA理事会议的结论中，双方接受了一份《美国-斯里兰卡加大对外贸易和投资联合行动计划》。美国和斯里兰卡都承认了两国双边贸易和投资关系拥有巨大潜力这样一个看法，通过共同采取《行动计划》中有可能的措施可以挖掘出这些潜力。

This month, at the inter-sessional meeting, a wide-ranging implementation plan was agreed to provide for greater utilization of U.S. tariff preference arrangements; provide additional information on possible mechanisms to obtain preferential market access; plan for a U.S.-Sri Lanka Business Opportunities Conference; support youth entrepreneurs;enhance Sri Lankan capacity to export food items to the United States; and create further mechanisms to support Sri Lanka’s goal to serve as a regional services hub. The two sides will work to finalize the implementation plan text in the coming weeks.
本月，在这场闭会期间会议上，达成了一份范围颇广的实施计划，从而更大地利用美国的优惠税率安排；提供关于获得优惠市场准入资格可能机制的额外信息；计划一场美国-斯里兰卡商业机遇大会；支持青年企业家；强斯里兰卡出口食品到美国的能力；创造进一步的机制来支持斯里兰卡成为地区服务中心的目标。在未来几周，双方将会努力最终敲定这一实施计划文本。