China and the US reached another bilateral deal at the APEC summit, which will serve to unblock the World Trade Organization’s Information Technology Agreement and thus eliminate tariffs on information and communication technology. The Obama administration has estimated that, once applied, this agreement – which was frozen for a year as China sought to protect its domestic industry – will increase annual global GDP by $190 billion.
中国和美国在APEC峰会上还达成了另一项双边协议，这项协议有助于为世贸组织的信息技术协议（Information Technology Agreement）扫清障碍，从而消除信息和通信技术的关税壁垒。奥巴马政府估计，该协议的实施——因为中国要保护本国产业，该协议被冻结了一年——每年可以令全球GDP增加1,900亿美元。