2018.7.11英译汉材料：特斯拉将在上海建造全资工厂

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China has secured big commitments from companies looking to gain access to its market, including a groundbreaking deal with Tesla, as it woos multinationals in the face of US tariffs that threaten to disrupt global supply chains.

中国已从希望进入其市场的企业争取到了重大承诺，包括与特斯拉(Tesla)达成一项开创性协议。面对可能破坏全球供应链的美国关税，中国正在努力吸引跨国公司。

The US electric carmaker signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to build a wholly owned “gigafactory” in Shanghai, a day after German chemicals group BASF reached a deal to build a $10bn petrochemicals plant in the southern Chinese city of Guangdong — among $23bn in deals and MOUs signed during Chinese premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Germany this week.

这家美国电动汽车制造商昨日签署一份谅解备忘录，拟在上海建造一家全资拥有的“超级工厂”。就在前一天，德国化工集团巴斯夫(BASF)达成协议，拟在中国南方省份广东建造一家100亿美元的石化工厂——这是中国总理李克强本周访问德国期间签署的230亿美元交易和谅解备忘录的一部分。

The agreements come as China sweetens investment terms for multinationals in the midst of a trade stand-off with Washington, which last week imposed 25 per cent import tariffs on $34bn of Chinese goods prompting China to follow suit with retaliatory levies on American imports.

这些协议宣布之际，中国在投资条款方面给了跨国公司更多“甜头”，其背景是与华盛顿方面陷入一场贸易对峙；美国上周对340亿美元的中国输美商品征收25%的进口关税，促使中国对美国输华商品采取报复性关税措施。

In a series of policies rolled out over the past few months, Beijing has removed or reduced ownership caps for car companies and many financial services groups, sped up access for foreign pharmaceutical firms and raised hopes among foreign investors that China is once again open for business.

在过去几个月陆续出台的一系列政策中，北京方面取消或放宽了汽车企业和许多金融服务集团的外资持股上限，加快了境外制药公司的准入，令境外投资者对中国再度欢迎外资萌生希望。

“We have seen more progress than in any other 18-month period since the WTO accession” in 2001, Mats Harborn, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce, told reporters in Beijing. “But the sad part is we will not know if China is doing this because of external pressure or because it needs the reforms for its own domestic economy.”

“自（2001年）中国入世以来，我们在过去18个月看到的进展多于此前任何18个月期间，”中国欧盟商会(European Union Chamber of Commerce in China)主席何墨池(Mats Harborn)在北京对记者们表示，“但是令人悲哀的一面是，我们不知道中国是因为外部压力而这么做，还是因为其国内经济需要这些改革。”

Tesla would be the first beneficiary of a Chinese policy to allow foreign car manufacturers to fully own their production in China, rather than partnering in a joint venture. “I would just like to express an order of appreciation to the Chinese government in that regard,” Elon Musk, Tesla chief executive, said during a recent earnings call.

特斯拉将是中国新政策的第一个受益者；该项政策允许外国汽车制造商在中国全资拥有自己的生产业务，而不再需要找到本土合资伙伴。“就此而言，我希望向中国政府表达赞赏，”特斯拉首席执行官埃隆•马斯克(Elon Musk)近期在一个财报电话会议上表示。

Tesla said it expected to complete the factory in two years and to reach peak annual production of 500,000 cars a year two-three years after that. Reaching beyond the luxury end of China’s electric car market has been a key goal for Mr Musk. Even before the last week’s hike that lifted total tariffs on its cars to 40 per cent, he said selling in China was like “competing in an Olympic race wearing lead shoes”.

特斯拉表示，预计新厂将在两年后完工，并在完工两、三年后达到每年50万辆汽车的最高年产量。进军中国电动车市场的高端是马斯克的一个关键目标。即使在上周的关税措施使特斯拉汽车面临的总关税增至40%之前，他就表示，在中国销售就像“穿着铅做的鞋子投入奥运比赛”。