国际英语资讯:Trump decides not to impose quotas on uranium imports
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 13-- <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="impose">impose</span> <span word="quotas">quotas</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="imports">imports</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Commerce">Commerce</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="poses">poses</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="security">security</span>.</p><p>"<span word="At">At</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="concur">concur</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="finding">finding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="imports">imports</span> <span word="threaten">threaten</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="impair">impair</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="defined">defined</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="section">section</span> 232 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Act">Act</span>," <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="memorandum">memorandum</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="referring">referring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Trade">Trade</span> <span word="Expansion">Expansion</span> <span word="Act">Act</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1962.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="announcement">announcement</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="division">division</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="president">president</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="slapped">slapped</span> <span word="tariffs">tariffs</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="imported">imported</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aluminum">aluminum</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="threatened">threatened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="levy">levy</span> <span word="auto">auto</span> <span word="tariffs">tariffs</span> <span word="citing">citing</span> <span word="Section">Section</span> 232 <span word="investigation">investigation</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="regarding">regarding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="imports">imports</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="mining">mining</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fuller">fuller</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="considerations">considerations</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="chain">chain</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span>," <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="imports">imports</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> 93 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span>, <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="to">to</span> 85.8 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2009. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Energy">Energy</span> <span word="Information">Information</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="imported">imported</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Canada">Canada</span>, <span word="Australia">Australia</span>, <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="April">April</span>, <span word="Commerce">Commerce</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Wilbur">Wilbur</span> <span word="Ross">Ross</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="state">state</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> "<span word="distorted">distorted</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="mines">mines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span>.</p>
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