第一篇：美國商會表示經(jīng)濟增長迅猛 但仍需政府支持

美國商會表示經(jīng)濟增長迅猛 但仍需政府支持(2012-01-16)

In his annual address on the state of American businesses, U.S.Chamber President Thomas Donohue says the economy is improving.But he says it's not growing fast enough to significantly reduce unemployment.“Unfortunately, we think the economy will actually slow down in the early months of 2012,” said Donohue.“We expect growth to average 2.5 percent or lower in the first half and then hopefully, depending on the actions of government, to work its way up to 3 percent by the end of this year.” With a tough re-election battle facing some lawmakers this year, Bruce Josten, who heads the Chamber's Government Affairs unit, expects the group will be busy lobbying Congress to move quickly on business-friendly policies.“In some respects politicking is going to take precedence over policy making,” said Josten.“We hope to change that.” Among the Chamber's top priorities is construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.The 3,000 kilometer pipeline will carry more than 700,000 barrels of Canadian oil a day to refineries in Texas.Donohue says the $7 billion dollar project will improve America's energy security and create thousands of new jobs.“The project has passed every environmental test,” he said.“There is no legitimate reason, none at all to subject it to further delay.” Despite bipartisan approval for the pipeline, President Barack Obama is under intense pressure from environmentalists to scrap it.The Chamber, which insists it does not get involved in presidential politics, says it will lean hard on the president to move forward.It also chastised Republican candidates on Thursday for criticizing front-runner Mitt Romney's business experience.在美國商會會長托馬斯?多諾霍對于美國商業(yè)形式的的年度演講中,他表示美國經(jīng)濟已經(jīng)有所改善。但是他又說道增長的勢頭不是非常迅猛，沒有達到減少失業(yè)的目的?！安恍业氖?我們認為經(jīng)濟會在2012年的前幾個月中實際緩慢發(fā)展，” 多諾霍說道。“我們希望在上半年平均增長2.5%或更低,然后希望政府采取相關(guān)措施才能在今年年底達到3%。隨著今年即將面對一些立法者的艱苦的重選戰(zhàn)斗, 美國商會事務(wù)部的布魯斯?喬斯滕希望這支團隊積極游說國會以盡快達到有利營商政策。

“在某些方面,政治活動要優(yōu)先于政策制定,“喬斯滕說道?！拔覀兿Ｍ淖冞@一現(xiàn)狀?！?商會的最優(yōu)先考慮是被提出Keystone XL輸油管道的建設(shè)。綿延3000公里的管道一天將承載加拿大超過700000桶的石油輸送到德克薩斯州的精煉廠。多諾霍表示這一70億美元的項目將改善美國的能源安全并創(chuàng)造成千上萬的就業(yè)機會。“該項目已經(jīng)通過了每一個環(huán)境測試,”他說道。“沒有合法的理由,任何人都不能接受進一步的延誤?！?/p>

盡管兩黨都批準該管道,而美國總統(tǒng)巴拉克?奧巴馬承受著來自環(huán)境保護者們毀滅它的巨大壓力。美國商會堅持不參與總統(tǒng)政治,聲稱將努力支持總統(tǒng)的決定。它也責難在周四領(lǐng)先的共和黨候選人米特?羅姆尼的管理經(jīng)驗。