China’s Ministry of Commerce has summoned executives at Walmart over reports the US retailer asked its suppliers to cut prices in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to state media.
據官方媒體報導，針對有關沃爾瑪(Walmart)要求其供應商降價以應對唐納•川普(Donald Trump)總統徵收的關稅的報導，中國商務部已約談沃爾瑪高階主管。
The discussions, reported on Wednesday by a social media account affiliated with state-run China Central Television, highlight mounting geopolitical risks for big US companies in China.
中國中央電視臺旗下的一個社群媒體賬號週三報導了此次約談。這件事突顯美國大型企業在中國面臨越來越大的地緣政治風險。
“Chinese companies shall not bear the blame for US tariffs,” the Yuyuantantian account, a frequent source of official commentary on trade, said in a post on the social media site Weibo.
經常就貿易事務發表官方評論的「玉淵譚天」微博公衆號發文稱：「中國企業，不背美國加稅的『鍋』。」