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【原题】S.Korea uneasy with China's growing economic power
【链接】http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKSEO37500620090413
【翻译】pinpoint
【译文】
韩国对中国日益增长的经济实力感到不安
韩国周一表达了对中国崛起成为全球经济力量的关切,强调必需采取先发制人的措施对抗这个巨人邻居日益增长的国际影响力。
(韩国)企画财政部在一份8页的“参考材料”中称中国日益增长的巨大的影响可能会加剧两国间的竞争,尤其是在出口市场和能源外交方面。
“预计在拉美和亚洲的出口市场会与中国加剧竞争,因为中国最近的货币互换安排将使在贸易结算中使用人民币成为可能。”该部在声明中说。
韩国缺乏自然资源,严重依赖作为增长引擎的出口。出口帮助韩国从1950-1953年的朝鲜战争的废墟中崛起成为世界第13大经济体。
韩国媒体和政策制定者正在担忧韩国可能会把出口市场输给这个巨人邻居,这将危及它追赶世界上最发达的经济体的努力。“作为对正在扩散的‘北京共识’的反应,我国也要采取先发制人的外向经济政策。”财政部说,提到了一个词来形容中国日益增长的实力。
中国与韩国1992年关系正常化,已成为韩国最大的贸易伙伴和主要投资目的地。
官方数据显示,韩国和中国2008年的双边贸易额达到1680亿美元,占其总贸易额的1/5。将近20000家韩国企业在中国有业务。
【原文】
S.Korea uneasy with China's growing economic powerMon Apr 13, 2009 3:58am BST
SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday expressed its concern about China's rise as a global economic power and stressed the need to act pre-emptively to counter the giant neighbour's growing influence in the international community.
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in an eight-page "reference material" that China's growing clout was likely to intensify competition between the two countries especially in export markets and energy diplomacy.
"Competition with China is expected to intensify in such export markets as Latin America and Asia because China's recent currency swap arrangements will enable yuan to be used in trade settlements," the ministry said in the statement.
South Korea, which lacks natural resources, has relied heavily on exports as a driver of growth that helped it rise from the rubble of the 1950-53 Korean War to become the world's 13th-largest economy.
The country's media and policymakers have been voicing concerns that South Korea could lose its export markets to the giant neighbour, which would jeopardize its efforts to catch up with the world's most developed economies. "In response to the spreading 'Beijing Consensus', our country also needs to adopt pre-emptive external economic policy," the finance ministry said, referring to a phrase used to describe China's growing influence.
China, with which Seoul normalised diplomatic ties in 1992, has become South Korea's biggest trade partner and main investment destination.
South Korea's two-way trade volume with China amounted to $168 billion in 2008, accounting for a fifth of its total trade volume, and nearly 20,000 South Korean companies were operating in China, government figures show.
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