双语新闻：在华外企联手反击中国反垄断行动

2014-09-09 12:12:19来源：可可英语

　　“The answers are not fully determined yet, but in at least some cases so far,” Mr. Frisbie said,the council “sees troubling reasons for concern.”

　　“现在还没有完全明确的答案。但到目前为止，至少在某些案例中，”傅强恩说，该委员会“看到了一些令人不安的予以关注的理由”。

　　China’s antitrust clampdown has already taken aim at scores of companies, both foreign anddomestic, including recently against Microsoft, Qualcomm, Daimler, Volkswagen and a dozenJapanese manufacturers of auto parts and bearings. Actions against foreign companies tend toreceive greater news media attention, but the companies themselves, which generally lack thepolitical patronage networks that their Chinese counterparts enjoy, tend to lie low, oncetargeted. Experts say it is unheard-of for a foreign company to speak out against antitrustaction in China, let alone to try to file an administrative appeal.

　　中国已经针对数十家国内外的公司开展了反垄断行动，比如最近对微软(Microsoft)、高通(Qualcomm)、戴姆勒(Daimler)、大众(Volkswagen)，以及十几家日本汽车零部件和轴承生产商进行处罚。针对外国公司的行动往往会得到新闻媒体更多的关注，但这些公司本身通常缺少中国竞争对手所拥有的政治背景，一旦成为打击目标，往往会保持沉默。专家称，没听说过外国公司公开抗议中国反垄断行动的事情，更别说尝试提起行政诉讼了。

　　But the council’s report is only the latest distress signal from the foreign business communityin China. On Tuesday, the American Chamber of Commerce in China published the results of asurvey of members showing that 60 percent of the respondents felt foreign business was lesswelcome in China and 49 percent believed foreign firms were being singled out in recent pricingor anticorruption campaigns.

　　但在该委员会的报告发布之前，在华外国公司就发出过焦虑的信号。周二，中国美国商会(AmericanChamber of Commerce in China)发布了一份对商会成员开展的调查的结果，其中显示60%的受访者感觉外国公司在中国不那么受欢迎了，49%的受访者认为，外国公司在最近的物价或反腐败行动中受到了区别对待。

　　Last month, the European Chamber of Commerce in China issued a statement on recentantimonopoly enforcement actions, citing “numerous alarming anecdotal accounts from anumber of sectors that administrative intimidation tactics are being used to impel companiesto accept punishments and remedies without full hearings.”

　　上个月，中国欧盟商会(European Union Chamber of Commerce in China)就最近的反垄断调查发表声明称，“在未进行充分听证的前提下，有关部门通过带有恐吓性的行政手段迫使企业接受惩罚和治理，这类现象值得高度警惕。”

　　“Practices such as informing companies not to challenge the investigations, bring lawyers tohearings or involve their respective governments or chambers of commerce are contrary tobest practices,” the European chamber’s statement said.

　　欧盟商会的声明中写道，“诸如告知企业不要对调查者提出质疑和挑战、不要在审讯环节雇佣律师或求助其政府、所属商会等行为都与最佳讼程程序背道而驰。”

　　The 48-page report by the U.S.-China Business Council highlights some similar worries, notingthat 86 percent of the companies it surveyed expressed some concern about competitionenforcement activities in China. Companies that have fallen under antitrust scrutiny in Chinacomplained about a lack of due process, unfair treatment, lengthy review periods for approvingmergers and acquisitions and the lack of transparency in how rulings are reached and fines areset.

　　美中贸易全国委员会的报告也突显了一些类似的忧虑，这份长达48页的报告指出，86%的被调查公司对中国的竞争执法活动，表达了某种担忧。在中国遭受反垄断调查的企业所抱怨的问题包括，缺乏正当程序、受到了不公平的待遇、企业兼并经过漫长的审核才能批准、做出裁决和罚款的依据缺乏透明度。

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