No unified BRICS position on dollar – India

印度:金磚組織對美元的立場并不統(tǒng)一

Speaking in London, Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar has said the group’s members have “very diverse positions” on de-dollarization

在倫敦講話時,印度外交部長蘇杰生表示,該組織的成員在去美元化問題上持有“的觀點非常多樣化”。

The assumption that the BRICS group of nations is actively working against the US dollar “is not borne out by facts,” said India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar while addressing a gathering in London. India, in particular, has “no interest in undermining the dollar at all,” Jaishankar added.

印度外交部長蘇杰生在倫敦的一次聚會上表示,認(rèn)為金磚國家集團(tuán)正在積極對抗美元的假設(shè)“并沒有事實依據(jù)”。他補充說,印度“根本沒有削弱美元的興趣”。

Speaking at Chatham House on Wednesday as part of his official visit to the UK, Jaishankar suggested that there is no consensus among the expanded BRICS grouping on the dominance of the US currency in international trade—something that many BRICS members openly challenge.

在周三的查塔姆之家演講中,作為他對英國正式訪問的一部分,蘇杰生爾表示,擴(kuò)大的金磚國家集團(tuán)在國際貿(mào)易中對美國貨幣主導(dǎo)地位并沒有達(dá)成共識——這一點是許多金磚國家成員公開質(zhì)疑的。

“I would also say in all honesty, I don’t think there is a unified BRICS position on this. I think BRICS members, and now that we have more members, have very diverse positions on this matter. So, the suggestion or the assumption that somewhere there is a united BRICS position against the dollar, I think, is not borne out by facts,” he said. The minister added that he does not believe that “multipolarity has to translate itself into a currency [multipolarity].”

“我也想誠實地說,我認(rèn)為在這個問題上金磚國家并沒有統(tǒng)一的立場。隨著金磚國家成員的增加,各成員在這個問題上的看法非常多樣化。因此,認(rèn)為金磚國家在反對美元方面有統(tǒng)一立場的建議或假設(shè),我認(rèn)為并沒有事實依據(jù),”他說。部長補充道,他不相信“多極化必須轉(zhuǎn)化為一種貨幣?!?/b>

Jaishankar’s statements come weeks after former US President Donald Trump claimed BRICS is “trying to destroy the US dollar” and that the group is “dead” following his threats to impose a 150% tariff on goods imported from member countries.

蘇杰生的聲明是在前美國總統(tǒng)特朗普聲稱金磚國家“試圖摧毀美元”,而且在他威脅對成員國進(jìn)口商品征收 150%關(guān)稅后該組織“已死”的幾周后發(fā)表的。

“When I came in, the first thing I said was any BRICS state that even mentions the destruction of the dollar will be charged a 150% tariff, and we don’t want your goods, and the BRICS states just broke up,” he said in February, hours before hosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House.

“我進(jìn)來的第一句話就是,任何提到美元毀滅的金磚國家將被征收 150%的關(guān)稅,我們不想要你們的商品,而金磚國家剛剛解散了,”他在二月份說,這句話是在白宮接待印度總理納倫德拉·莫迪的幾個小時之前。

BRICS was formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa and has expanded in the past two years to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Indonesia. Saudi Arabia has accepted membership but has not formally joined yet.

BRICS 由巴西、俄羅斯、印度、中國和南非組成,過去兩年擴(kuò)展至包括埃及、埃塞俄比亞、伊朗、阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國(UAE)和印度尼西亞。沙特阿拉伯已接受會員資格,但尚未正式加入。

Jaishankar was also asked whether India’s strategy of internationalizing the rupee is part of an effort to challenge the dollar. The diplomat clarified that it was rather a broader effort to promote “the globalization of India.” As more Indians travel and live abroad, the practice of using the rupee “will naturally expand,” he explained.

蘇杰生還被問到,印度將盧比國際化的戰(zhàn)略是否旨在挑戰(zhàn)美元。外交官澄清,這實際上是一個更廣泛的努力,旨在促進(jìn)“印度的全球化”。隨著越來越多的印度人出國旅行和生活,使用盧比的做法“自然會擴(kuò)展”,他解釋道。

However, he was quick to clarify:“We have never had a problem with the dollar. Our relations with the US are probably the best ever that they have been. So we have absolutely no interest in undermining the dollar at all.”

然而,他迅速澄清道:“我們從未與美元有過意見。我們與美國的關(guān)系可能是歷史上最好的。因此,我們絕對沒有任何削弱美元的意圖。”

When speaking about India’s foreign policy concerning its immediate neighborhood, Jaishankar pointed out that there has been a steady increase in rupee-based transactions in the region due to “l(fā)ack of the availability of dollars,” suggesting that “many countries want to see more dollar, not less.”

在談到印度對其周邊國家的外交政策時,蘇杰生指出,由于“美元供應(yīng)不足”,該地區(qū)以盧比進(jìn)行的交易穩(wěn)步增加,這表明“許多國家希望看到更多的美元,而不是更少?!?br />