看來,英國是很飢渴地想加入“一帶一路”了!_風聞
19ma19-2019-04-01 20:32
看來,英國是很飢渴地想加入“一帶一路”了!2019-04-01 19:01 環球時報GlobalTimes lanlan 深陷脱歐泥沼的英國,最近有點“躁熱”了……
近兩年,英國實力上演**“薛定諤的脱歐”** ,一會脱一會不脱,反反覆覆折騰,結果卻一直懸而未決。
▲求梅姨的心理陰影面積 (圖via Quartz)
不過,在“脱歐”一事上猶猶豫豫的英國人,最近倒是對另一件事愈發感興趣了——
要不要……加入“一帶一路”?
你看意大利他們,加入“一帶一路”後就簽了大單,真的很羨慕了!

這不,英國主流媒體**《每日電訊報》** (當地時間)昨天就刊登了這樣一篇評論文章:

▲只要管理得當,“一帶一路”對英國將是機遇而非威脅(via The Telegraph)
這篇評論的作者叫Jeremy Warner,是英國著名的商業和經濟評論員。
文章一開頭,他就來了一出**“沒有對比就沒有傷害”:**
Part of the British approach to negotiating with the European Union was that of divide and rule - attempting to pick off those states with more to lose than others from a hard Brexit in the hope of winning a more acceptable deal from the whole. It didn’t work.
英國與歐盟談判的部分方式是“分而治之”——即試圖從那些硬脱歐的國家地區中排除掉損失更大的,以期能達到一個整體上更能接受的協議。然而這並沒有什麼X用。
But one country achieving rather more success than us in this regard is China.
但是,有一個國家卻在這方面比我們獲得了更大的成功——那就是中國。
▲Correctly managed, Belt and Road is more opportunity for Britain than threat (via The Telegraph)
中國的“一帶一路”多有吸引力呢?

接下來,作者就開始“檸檬”了……
Italy is not the first EU country to do this. Poland, Greece, Hungary, Portugal and Latvia have all expressed enthusiasm for the initiative and signed up to varying degrees of participation.
意大利並不是第一個這樣做(指加入“一帶一路”)的歐盟國家。波蘭、希臘、匈牙利、葡萄牙和拉脱維亞都對這一倡議表示了熱情, 並簽署了不同程度的參與協議。
But Italy is the first major advanced economy to take the plunge.
不過,意大利是第一個加入“一帶一路”的主要發達經濟體。
▲Correctly managed, Belt and Road is more opportunity for Britain than threat (via The Telegraph)
腦補一下作者的言外之意:看,意大利已成為G7中率先加入“一帶一路”的了!我們英國也是G7成員啊,要不要也學學人家?

畢竟……意大利還在歐盟呢,都跑出來向中國示好了
Should Britain be part of that common approach, or like Italy, should it be going it alone? With a number of important qualifications, it should be doing the latter.
在和中國交往中,英國應該和歐盟保持一致,還是該像意大利一樣“單獨尋緣”?具備一些重要條件時,它應該選擇後者。
In a post Brexit world, there may be areas of policy on which the UK will want to adopt common cause with the European Union, but it cannot allow its hands to be tied on what is as much a commercial matter as anything else.
在後英國脱歐時代,英國可能希望在某些政策領域中,採取與歐盟相同的立場**——但在商業等一些重要事務上,英國絕不能把自己捆死在歐盟的陣營中。**
▲Correctly managed, Belt and Road is more opportunity for Britain than threat (via The Telegraph)
言下之意,英國也可以和意大利一樣,繞開歐盟
單獨和中國“戀愛” 嘛。

接着,作者更是公開喊話:英國想怎麼和中國交往,歐美説了不算!美國更説了不算!
In any case, Britain’s relationship with China is for the UK Government to determine, and not the European Union, or for that matter the United States.
如論如何,英國與中國的關係是由英國政府決定 的,歐盟和美國都做不了主。
If as stated the ultimate goal of Belt and Road is that of shared prosperity, what’s not to like?
如果説“一帶一路”的最終目標是共同繁榮,那還有什麼不喜歡的呢?
▲Correctly managed, Belt and Road is more opportunity for Britain than threat (via The Telegraph)

其實,近段時間英國輿論界一直對“一帶一路”抱有不小的興趣。
在上月初,也有學者發表過評論,闡釋了英國加入“一帶一路”的諸多益處:

▲英國如何從中國的“一帶一路”倡議中獲益 (via The Telegraph)
In my view, there is much to gain from the BRI, which is monumental in scale and ambition. If responsive to local needs and flexible to international partnership, the BRI could bring benefit to less developed nations but also significant economic value to the UK.
在我看來,“一帶一路”規模宏大、雄心勃勃,於英國大有裨益。 如果“一帶一路”能夠順應當地需求,靈活應對國際夥伴關係,那麼它將不僅為欠發達國家帶去好處,也能為英國帶來巨大的經濟價值。
Through the BRI, China can help to rebut Trump’s protectionist tendencies by demonstrating that free trade zones within the BRI frame-work benefit many stakeholders in ways such as improving connectivity and lowering the cost of trade, alongside the associated boost to infrastructure development especially in under-developed regions.
通過“一帶一路”倡議,中國可以展示該倡議框架內的自由貿易區如何在改善互聯互通、降低貿易成本等方面惠及諸多利益攸關方,同時促進基礎設施建設——尤其是欠發達地區的基建,從而反駁特朗普的保護主義傾向。
Presented and executed properly, China can replace the US as the global free-trade advocate. As UK policy makers consider the direction of travel for global trade policies, this openness create potential for the UK’s gain.
如果呈現井然、執行得當,中國可以取代美國,成為全球自由貿易的倡導者。 在英國的決策者思量全球貿易政策的走向時,這種開放(指“一帶一路)也能為英國的獲益創造可能。
▲How the UK can benefit from China’s Belt & Road Initiative (via The Telegraph)

▲“一帶一路”五年來的一些成就 (截圖via The Telegrpah)

Emmmm…看來英國對於“一帶一路”的興趣已經很明顯了。
既然這麼“飢渴”,那麼……心動不如心動?
