U.S.-India Business Council Summit Address

Good afternoon, everyone. Namaste. Thank you all for an extraordinarily warm welcome. 大家下午好。Namaste(合十礼)。感谢你们给予我极其热烈的欢迎。

And before I get started, I just want to acknowledge some outstanding public servants, some wonderful dignitaries who are in the room. Anand Sharma, our Commerce and Industry Minister here in India. Khurshid Salman, the Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, who's here. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, State Planning Commission Deputy Chairman. Gary Locke, who is the Secretary of Commerce for the United States. 在我开始之前,我想感谢一些杰出的公务人员和在座的优秀嘉宾。安纳德·夏尔马,印度商业和工业部部长。库尔希德·萨勒曼,公司事务和少数群体事务部部长,他也在这里。蒙特克·辛格·阿卢瓦利亚博士,国家计划委员会副主席。骆家辉,美国商务部部长。

Terry McGraw, the chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council. Hari Bhartia, the president of the Confederation of Indian Industries. And Rajan Bharti Mittal, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. 特里·麦格劳,美印商业理事会主席。哈里·巴蒂亚,印度工业联合会主席。以及拉詹·巴蒂·米塔尔,印度工商联合会主席。

On behalf of my wife Michelle and myself, thank you to the people of Mumbai and the people India for the incredible hospitality you have already shown just in the few hours since I've arrived in this magnificent country. 我代表我的妻子米歇尔和我自己,感谢孟买人民和印度人民,在我抵达这个伟大国家短短几个小时内就已经给予我们的难以置信的热情款待。

We are especially honored to be here as you celebrate Diwali. Some of you may know this. Last year, I was honored to become the first American President to help celebrate the Festival of Lights in the White House. And I know that today, families are lighting their Diyas and giving thanks for their blessings and looking ahead to the new year. So to all of you who are observing this sacred holiday here and around the world, Happy Diwali and a Saal Mubarak. 我们尤其荣幸能在你们庆祝排灯节之际来到这里。你们中有些人可能知道,去年,我很荣幸成为第一位在白宫帮助庆祝灯节的美国总统。我知道,今天,家家户户都在点亮他们的油灯,感恩所受的祝福,展望新的一年。因此,对所有在此地和世界各地庆祝这一神圣节日的人们,祝你们排灯节快乐,新年吉祥。

I want to thank all the organizations that have brought us together today, as well as the business leaders, the CEOs, the government officials who have joined us here in Mumbai. I just had some incredibly productive discussions with American business leaders and Indian entrepreneurs, and today I want to speak with you about why we all benefit from the strengthening ties between our nations. 我要感谢今天将我们聚集在一起的所有组织,以及在孟买与我们相聚的商界领袖、企业CEO和政府官员。我刚刚与美国商界领袖和印度企业家进行了一些极具成效的讨论,今天我想与你们谈谈为什么我们都将从两国之间日益紧密的联系中受益。

This is my first trip to India, but this will be my longest visit to another country since becoming President. And that's because I believe that the relationship between the United States and India will be one of the defining and indispensable partnerships of the 21st century. 这是我第一次访问印度,但这是我就任总统以来对另一个国家最长的一次访问。这是因为我相信,美国和印度之间的关系将成为21世纪最具决定性、不可或缺的伙伴关系之一。

Our nations are the two largest democracies on Earth. We are bound by a common language and common values; shared aspirations and a shared belief that opportunity should be limited only by how hard you're willing to work, only by how hard you are willing to try. Trade and commerce between our people has been happening for centuries -- even before we were independent nations. Indian immigrants crossed oceans to work on farms in the United States, and later generations came to practice medicine, and do cutting-edge research, and to start businesses. 我们两国是地球上两个最大的民主国家。我们因共同的语言和共同的价值观而紧密相连;共同的渴望和共同的信念——机会只受限于你愿意付出多少努力,只受限于你愿意尝试多少。我们两国人民之间的贸易和商业往来已有数百年历史——甚至在我们成为独立国家之前就已存在。印度移民远渡重洋到美国的农场工作,后来的一代人来到美国行医、进行前沿研究、创办企业。

American researchers, in turn, partnered with Indian scientists to launch the Green Revolution that transformed life for generations of Indians. Americans have helped build India, and India has helped to build America. 反过来,美国研究人员与印度科学家合作,发起了改变了几代印度人生活的绿色革命。美国人帮助建设了印度,印度也帮助建设了美国。

Today, your country is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. And while there are many amazing success stories and rapidly expanding markets in Asia, the sheer size and pace of India's progress in just two decades is one of the most stunning achievements in human history. 今天,贵国是世界上最快速增长的经济体之一。虽然亚洲有许多令人惊叹的成功故事和快速扩张的市场,但印度仅用二十年时间取得的进步之规模和速度,是人类历史上最惊人的成就之一。

This is a fact. Since your reform of the licensing raj and embrace of the global economy, India has lifted tens of millions of people from poverty and created one of the largest middle classes on the planet. 这是一个事实。自你们改革许可证制度并融入全球经济以来,印度已使数千万人摆脱了贫困,并创造了地球上最大的中产阶级之一。

You are now a nation of rapid growth and rising incomes and massive investments in infrastructure and energy and education. In the coming decades, you will be the world's most populous nation, with the largest workforce and one of the largest economies in the world. Now, undoubtedly, that means that the United States and India will engage in a healthy competition for markets and jobs and industries of the future. But it also offers the prospect of expanded commercial ties that strongly benefit both countries. 你们现在是一个快速增长、收入不断提高的国家,在基础设施、能源和教育方面进行了大规模投资。在未来几十年里,你们将成为世界上人口最多的国家,拥有最大的劳动力和世界上最大的经济体之一。毫无疑问,这意味着美国和印度将在未来市场、就业和产业方面展开良性竞争。但这同时也提供了扩大商业联系的前景,使两国都大大受益。

The United States sees Asia -- and especially India -- as a market of the future. We don't simply welcome your rise -- as a nation, and a people -- we ardently support it. We want to invest in it. And I'm here because I believe that in our interconnected world, increased commerce between the United States and India can be and will be a win-win proposition for both nations. 美国将亚洲——尤其是印度——视为未来的市场。我们不只是欢迎你们的崛起——作为一个国家和一个民族——我们积极支持它。我们希望投资其中。我今天来到这里,是因为我相信,在我们互联互通的世界中,美国和印度之间日益增加的贸易可以而且将是两国双赢的命题。

I realize that for some, this truth may not be readily apparent. I want to be honest. There are many Americans whose only experience with trade and globalization has been a shuttered factory or a job that was shipped overseas. And there still exists a caricature of India as a land of call centers and back offices that cost American jobs. 我知道,对一些人来说,这一事实可能不那么显而易见。我想坦诚地说。许多美国人,他们对贸易和全球化的唯一体验,就是关闭的工厂或被转移到海外的工作机会。仍然存在一种刻板印象,把印度描绘成一个夺走美国人就业机会的呼叫中心和后台办公室的国度。

That's a real perception. Here in India, I know that many still see the arrival of American companies and products as a threat to small shopkeepers and to India's ancient and proud culture. 这是一种真实的感受。在印度,我知道许多人仍然将美国公司和产品的到来视为对小商贩以及印度古老而自豪的文化的威胁。

But these old stereotypes, these old concerns ignore today's reality: In 2010, trade between our countries is not just a one-way street of American jobs and companies moving to India. It is a dynamic, two-way relationship that is creating jobs, growth, and higher living standards in both our countries. And that is the truth. 但这些老旧的刻板印象和陈旧的担忧忽视了今天的现实:2010年,我们两国之间的贸易不仅仅是美国就业机会和公司向印度转移的单行道。这是一种动态的、双向的关系,正在两国创造就业、增长和更高的生活水平。这就是事实。

As we look to India today, the United States sees an opportunity to sell our exports in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. For America, this is a jobs strategy. As we recover from this recession, we are determined to rebuild our economy on a new, stronger foundation for growth. 当我们今天审视印度时,美国看到了在一个全球增长最快的市场中出售我们出口产品的机会。对美国来说,这是一项就业战略。随着我们从经济衰退中复苏,我们决心在一个新的、更强劲的增长基础上重建我们的经济。

And part of that foundation involves doing what America has always been known for: discovering and creating and building the products that are sold all over the world. That's why I've set a goal of doubling America's exports over the next five years -- because for every $1 billion in exports, thousands of jobs are supported at home. 这一基础的一部分,涉及做美国一直以来最擅长的事情:发现、创造和建造销往世界各地的产品。这就是为什么我设定了在未来五年内将美国出口翻一番的目标——因为每10亿美元出口,就能在国内支撑数千个就业岗位。

And already, our exports to India have quadrupled in recent years -- growing much faster than our exports to many other countries. The goods we sell in this country currently support tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs across the United States -- from California and Washington to Pennsylvania and Florida. And that doesn't even include all the American jobs supported by our other exports to India -- from agriculture to travel to educational services. 而且,近年来我们对印度的出口已经翻了四番——增长速度远快于我们对许多其他国家的出口。我们在这个国家销售的商品目前在美国各地支撑着数以万计的制造业工作岗位——从加利福尼亚和华盛顿到宾夕法尼亚和佛罗里达。这甚至还不包括我们对印度其他出口所支撑的美国就业岗位——从农业到旅游再到教育服务。

As we speak, American-made machinery is helping India improve its infrastructure, including the new airport here in Mumbai where I landed this morning. This year, there was a new sight on India's highways -- American-made Harley-Davidson motorcycles. A growing number of American-made aircraft are taking flight in your skies. And soon, there will be more. 就在我们说话的时候,美国制造的机械设备正在帮助印度改善基础设施,包括我今天早上降落的孟买新机场。今年,在印度的高速公路上出现了一道新的风景——美国制造的哈雷戴维森摩托车。越来越多的美国制造飞机正在你们的天空中飞翔。很快,还会有更多。

That's because today, just moments before I arrived here, several landmark deals were sealed between the United States and India. Boeing, one of America's largest companies, is on track to sell India dozens of commercial and cargo aircraft. General Electric, another American company, will sell more than a hundred advanced jet engines. And I'm pleased that two U.S. firms are finalists for a major locomotive tender. Now, these are just a few of the more than 20 deals being announced today, totaling nearly $10 billion in U.S. exports. 这是因为今天,就在我到达这里之前,美国和印度之间达成了几项里程碑式的协议。波音公司——美国最大的公司之一——将向印度出售数十架商用和货运飞机。通用电气,另一家美国公司,将出售一百多台先进喷气发动机。我很高兴两家美国公司成为一项重大机车招标的最终入围者。这些只是今天宣布的二十多项协议中的一部分,总价值近100亿美元的美国出口。

From medical equipment and helicopters to turbines and mining equipment, American companies stand ready to support India's growing economy, the needs of your people, and your ability to defend this nation. And today's deals will lead to more than 50,000 jobs in the United States -- 50,000 jobs. Everything from high-tech jobs in Southern California to manufacturing jobs in Ohio. 从医疗设备和直升机到涡轮机和采矿设备,美国公司已准备好支持印度日益增长的经济、满足贵国人民的需求、以及保卫这个国家的能力。今天的协议将为美国带来超过5万个就业岗位——5万个就业岗位。从南加州的高科技岗位到俄亥俄州的制造业岗位,涵盖方方面面。

Now, these are major deals that are significant for both our nations. But our trade relationship is not just about what America sells India. It's also about Indian investment in America is doing. Indian investment in America is among the fastest growing of any country. In recent years, Indian companies have invested billions of dollars in the United States -- in American machinery, manufacturing, mining, research, technology. Today, these investments support tens of thousands of American jobs. 现在,这些是对我们两国都具有重要意义的大协议。但我们的贸易关系不仅仅关乎美国向印度出售什么。它也关乎印度在美国的投资。印度在美国的投资是所有国家中增长最快的之一。近年来,印度公司在美国投资了数十亿美元——涉及美国的机械、制造、采矿、研究和技术领域。如今,这些投资支撑着数以万计的美国就业岗位。

And at the same time, hundreds of American companies -- including many small businesses -- are investing in India; not just in telecommunications, but in industries from clean energy to agriculture. This means more choices for Indian consumers and more jobs for Indians and Americans. 与此同时,数百家美国公司——包括许多小企业——正在印度投资;不仅在电信领域,还涉及从清洁能源到农业的多个行业。这意味着印度消费者有了更多选择,印度人和美国人都有了更多就业机会。

Our relationship is also about more than the goods that we sell or the investments we make -- it's about the innovative partnerships we forge in the name of progress. Before I came here, I had a fascinating meeting. I met with business leaders from both our countries, including some incredibly young Indian entrepreneurs. And what's fascinating is the way that they are now partnering to take technology that has had one application and use in the United States and found entirely new uses and new businesses models here, in India. 我们的关系也不仅仅关乎我们销售的商品或我们进行的投资——它还关乎我们以进步名义打造的创新伙伴关系。在我来这里之前,我参加了一次令人着迷的会议。我会见了两国商界领袖,包括一些非常年轻的印度企业家。令人着迷的是,他们如今正在合作,将那些在美国已有一种应用的技术,在印度找到全新的用途和新的商业模式。

They're working together to make cell towers across India that can run on solar, and not diesel. They're putting American technology into Indian electric cars. They're trying to bring new filtration systems and clean drinking water to rural India; and they're trying to develop better drugs for diseases like malaria. These are examples of American companies doing well and Indian companies doing well. 他们正在合作制造横跨印度、能用太阳能而非柴油运行的蜂窝基站。他们正在将美国技术应用于印度电动汽车。他们正努力为印度农村带来新的过滤系统和清洁饮用水;他们还致力于开发治疗疟疾等疾病的更好药物。这些都是美国公司和印度公司双赢的范例。

And these partnerships remind us that by pursuing trade and commerce, we are unleashing the most powerful force the world has ever known for eradicating poverty and creating opportunity -- and that's broad-based economic growth. 这些伙伴关系提醒我们,通过追求贸易和商业,我们正在释放世界上已知的最强大的消除贫困和创造机会的力量——那就是普惠的经济增长。

Now, despite all this progress, the economic relationship between the United States and India is still one of enormous untapped potential. Of all the goods that India imports, less than 10 percent come from the United States. Of all the goods that America exports to the world, less than 2 percent go to India. Our entire trade with your country is still less than our trade with the Netherlands -- this is a country with a smaller population than the city of Mumbai. As a result, India is only our 12th largest trade partner. 现在,尽管取得了所有这些进展,美国和印度之间的经济关系仍然是一个有着巨大未开发潜力的关系。在印度进口的所有商品中,只有不到10%来自美国。在美国向世界出口的所有商品中,只有不到2%流向印度。我们与贵国的全部贸易仍少于我们与荷兰的贸易——而荷兰是一个人口比孟买市还少的国家。因此,印度只是我们的第12大贸易伙伴。

I have no doubt that we can do better than that -- we can do much better. There's no reason this nation can't be one of our top trading partners. And that's why we want to work together with you to remove the barriers to increased trade and investment between our nations. 我毫不怀疑我们可以做得更好——我们可以做得好得多。没有理由认为这个国家不能成为我们的顶级贸易伙伴之一。这就是为什么我们希望与你们合作,消除阻碍我们两国之间贸易和投资增长的障碍。

In the United States, we're committed to doing our part. With India and our other G20 partners, we've resisted the protectionism that would have plunged the global economy even deeper into recession. Today, our country remains one of the most open economies in the world. And while I make no apologies about doing whatever it takes to encourage job creation and business investment in America, I still work to make sure our efforts don't unfairly target companies and workers from this nation or any nation. 在美国,我们致力于尽自己的一份力量。与印度和我们其他G20伙伴一起,我们抵制了可能使全球经济更深地陷入衰退的保护主义。今天,我国仍然是世界上最开放的经济体之一。虽然我毫不掩饰地采取一切必要措施鼓励美国创造就业和商业投资,但我仍在努力确保我们的行动不会不公平地针对这个国家或任何国家的公司及工人。

And to further increase our exports to places like India, we're marshalling the full resources of the United States government to help our companies sell their goods and services in other markets. We're increasing export financing for small and medium-sized businesses. We're being a better advocate for our businesses. We're increasing our trade missions. In fact, my Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, will be leading another trade mission to India in the next few months. 为了进一步增加对印度等地的出口,我们正在调动美国政府的全部资源,帮助我们的公司在其他市场销售商品和服务。我们正在增加对中小企业的出口融资。我们正在更好地为我们的企业代言。我们正在增加贸易代表团。事实上,我的商务部长骆家辉将在未来几个月内率领又一个贸易代表团访问印度。

And we're reforming our export control system, so that even as we strengthen our national security, we make sure that unnecessary barriers don't stand in the way of high-tech trade between our countries. Today, I'm pleased to announce that we will work with India to fundamentally reform our controls on exports, which will allow greater cooperation in a range of high-tech sectors and strengthen our nonproliferation efforts. 我们还在改革我们的出口管制体系,以便在加强国家安全的同时,确保不必要的障碍不会阻碍我们两国之间的高科技贸易。今天,我很高兴宣布,我们将与印度合作,从根本上改革我们的出口管制,这将允许在一系列高科技领域开展更广泛的合作,并加强我们的不扩散努力。

So we're taking the necessary steps to strengthen this relationship. India can also do its part. Over the past two decades, it has become much easier for companies to do business and invest here in India. It was striking talking to some of the American CEOs who are here who've come frequently over decades and seen the incredible progress that's been made. But I don't think it's any secret that infrastructure, regulatory barriers and other issues of uncertainty still pose some serious challenges. 因此,我们正在采取必要措施来加强这一关系。印度也可以尽自己的一份力量。在过去二十年里,在印度经商和投资变得更加容易。与在座的一些美国CEO交谈令人印象深刻,他们几十年来频繁来访,亲眼目睹了所取得的令人难以置信的进步。但我认为这不是什么秘密,基础设施、监管壁垒和其他不确定性问题仍然构成一些严峻的挑战。

Today, India is making major investments in its infrastructure and creating greater transparency to support growth and entrepreneurship. Going forward, that commitment must be matched by a steady reduction in barriers to trade and foreign investment -- from agriculture to infrastructure, from retail to telecommunications. Because in a global economy, new growth and jobs flow to countries that lower barriers to trade and investment. 今天,印度正在对基础设施进行重大投资,并创造更大的透明度以支持增长和创业精神。展望未来,这一承诺必须伴随贸易和外国投资壁垒的稳步降低——从农业到基础设施,从零售到电信。因为在全球经济中,新的增长和就业机会会流向那些降低贸易和投资壁垒的国家。

These are steps we can take together to strengthen the economic ties between our nations -- ties that hold incredible promise for our people and our future -- the promise of new jobs, new industries and new growth. Whether or not that promise is fulfilled depends on us -- on the decisions we make and the partnership we build in the coming years. 这些是我们可以共同采取的步骤,以加强两国之间的经济联系——这些联系对我们的人民和我们的未来有着难以置信的承诺——新就业、新产业和新增长的承诺。这一承诺能否实现,取决于我们——取决于我们在未来几年做出的决策和建立的伙伴关系。

We must admit it won't always be an easy road, but as I stand here today, I can tell you that I'm absolutely confident we will meet this challenge because -- because in our two nations, I see the fundamental ingredients to success in the 21st century. 我们必须承认,这条路并不总是一帆风顺,但今天我站在这里,我可以告诉你们,我绝对有信心我们将迎接这一挑战,因为——因为在我们两个国家中,我看到了21世纪成功的基本要素。

I'm confident because we both cherish the entrepreneurial spirit that empowers innovation and risk-taking, and allows them to turn a good idea into a new product or company that changes the world. And we have examples of Indian entrepreneurs and American entrepreneurs sitting right here who've already begun to do that. 我之所以有信心,是因为我们都珍视那种激发创新和冒险精神的企业家精神,它使人们能够将一个好主意变成改变世界的新产品或新公司。我们这里就坐着印度企业家和美国企业家的典范,他们已经开始这样做了。

And I'm confident because we both know that for those businesses to thrive, our nations need to invest in science and technology, in research and development, and an infrastructure for the 21st century. 我之所以有信心,是因为我们都明白,要让这些企业蓬勃发展,我们的国家需要投资于科学和技术、研究与开发,以及21世纪的基础设施。

I'm confident because we both recognize that knowledge is the currency of the future, and that we must give our children the skills and education that success requires in a global economy. 我之所以有信心,是因为我们都认识到,知识是未来的货币,我们必须赋予我们的孩子在全球经济中取得成功所需的技能和教育。

And I'm confident because our countries are blessed with the most effective form of government the world has ever known: democracy. Even if it can be slow at times. Even if it can be messy. Even if, sometimes, the election doesn't turn out as you'd like. 我之所以有信心,是因为我们两国都拥有世界上已知的最有效的政府形式:民主。即使它有时会进展缓慢。即使它有时会显得混乱。即使有时候,选举的结果不如你所愿。

For we know that when governments are accountable to their people, their people are more likely to prosper; and that, over the long run, democracy and economic growth, freedom in the political sphere and freedom in the economic sphere go hand in hand. We believe that. 因为我们知道,当政府对人民负责时,人民更有可能繁荣;从长远来看,民主与经济增长、政治领域的自由与经济领域的自由是相辅相成的。我们深信这一点。

What gives me the most confidence about our future is our greatest resource -- the drive and ingenuity of our people: workers and entrepreneurs -- students and innovators; Indians and Americans, including the nearly 3 million Indian Americans who bind our nations together. 让我对我们的未来最有信心的是我们最伟大的资源——我们人民的动力和智慧:工人和企业家——学生和创新者;印度人和美国人,包括将近三百万将我们两国联系在一起的印度裔美国人。

For despite all the sweeping changes of the last few decades -- from the reform of the licensing raj to the technological revolutions that continue to shape our global economy -- it has been people who have driven our progress. It is individual men and women like you who put their shoulder to the wheel of history and push. 因为尽管过去几十年发生了翻天覆地的变化——从许可证制度的改革到持续塑造我们全球经济的科技革命——推动我们进步的始终是人。正是像你们这样的一个个普通人,将肩膀顶在历史的车轮上,推动它前进。

An American scientist who discovers an agricultural breakthrough. An Indian engineer who builds the next-generation electric car. A small business owner in Detroit who sells his product to a new company in New Delhi. And all the Mumbaikars who get up every day in this City of Dreams to forge a better life for their children -- from the boardrooms of world-class Indian companies to the shops in the winding alleys of Dharavai. 一位发现农业突破的美国科学家。一位制造下一代电动汽车的印度工程师。一位底特律的小企业主将他的产品卖给新德里的一家新公司。以及所有的孟买人,每天在这座梦想之城中起身,为他们的孩子创造更好的生活——从世界级印度公司的董事会会议室到达拉维蜿蜒小巷中的店铺。

This is the spirit of optimism and determination that has driven our people since before we were nations -- the same spirit that will drive our future. And that's why I'm thrilled to be in India and with you here today. And that's why I'm confident that we can and will forge new economic partnerships and deliver the jobs and broad-based growth that our peoples so richly deserve. And I am absolutely certain that the relationship between the United States and India is going to be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. 这就是自我们成为国家之前就一直推动着我们人民的乐观和决心精神——同样的精神将推动我们的未来。这就是为什么我很高兴今天能来到印度,与你们在一起。这就是为什么我有信心,我们能够而且必将打造新的经济伙伴关系,提供我们人民理应获得的就业和普惠增长。我绝对确信,美国和印度之间的关系将成为21世纪最具决定性的伙伴关系之一。

Thank you very much, everybody. 非常感谢大家。

Thank you. 谢谢。

署名Barack Obama(巴拉克·奥巴马)  2010-11-06  发表于 Mumbai, India