“I was looking forward to our online discussion of trade and commerce issues between the United States and China and our two countries. I understand Chinese ‘netizens’ are very knowledgeable about U.S.-China relations and are eager to dicuss ways that we can continue to strengthen our ties. Unfortunately, due to some scheduling changes and official meetings I must attend, I will not be able to do so in a live webchat on this visit. I would like to thank the many of you who have already submitted questions online. Although I will not have time to answer all of them, I will take some of them with me and answer them for ChinaDaily.com to post online. Thank you for your understanding and for your eagerness to be a part of this dynamic relationship.”

美國商務(wù)部長古鐵雷斯親筆簽名

我一直都期待著能在網(wǎng)上和大家討論美中間的貿(mào)易、商務(wù)關(guān)系和美中兩國的關(guān)系。 我了解到中國的網(wǎng)民對美中關(guān)系知之甚多，并且渴望探討能夠加強(qiáng)兩國紐帶的途徑。可惜因?yàn)槿粘坛霈F(xiàn)變化，我還必須參加一些官方會議，此行中將不能參加直播聊天了。我非常感謝已經(jīng)在網(wǎng)上列出問題的網(wǎng)友。盡管我不能全部回答這些問題，但是我將帶走一部分回去作答并把答案交給中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)發(fā)在他們的網(wǎng)上。謝謝你們的理解和你們對參與充滿活力的美中關(guān)系的熱情。

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