I explained to them that the ROC, like the U.S., is a free economy, and the government can't tell its people which country's goods they must buy. All the government can do is to set an example, and in this respect we're making efforts.
我向他們解釋，中華民國和美國一樣，都是自由經濟，政府沒有辦法告訴私人或民間工商業必須採購那一國的產品，唯一可以做的，是由政府做榜樣，這方面我們現在也正在努力。