克莱斯勒终止与中国奇瑞合作在华生产小型汽车的协议

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Chrysler and Chery Automobile have terminated a co-operation agreement to produce small cars in China for export, dealing a blow to one of the US company's highest-profile overseas projects.
克莱斯勒(Chrysler)和奇瑞汽车(Chery Automobile)已终止有关在华生产小型汽车用于出口的合作协议，使这家美国公司最有名的海外项目之一受到打击。
The smallest of Detroit's three loss-making carmakers said late on Monday that the decision was made in reaction to the global economic slowdown.
克莱斯勒周一晚表示，做出上述决定，是为了因应全球经济放缓。克莱斯勒是亏损的底特律三大汽车制造商中规模最小的一家。
The Chinese carmaker and Chrysler signed an agreement in July 2007 to produce cars jointly at Chery's plant with the intention of exporting them initially to South America, then later to North America and western Europe. But plans to export the cars were repeatedly delayed as Chery and Chrysler struggled to bring the cars' safety and environmental performance up to western standards.
中国汽车公司奇瑞和克莱斯勒于2007年7月签署协议，将在奇瑞的工厂联合生产汽车，先向南美出口，再向北美和西欧出口。然而，随着奇瑞和克莱斯勒在将汽车的安全和环境性能提高到西方标准方面遭遇困难，汽车出口计划被一再推迟。
Chrysler is seeking emergency funding from the US Congress, which this week agreed in principle to a $15bn loan for the Detroit Three.
克莱斯勒正寻求从美国国会获得紧急贷款，国会本周已原则同意为底特律三巨头提供150亿美元贷款。
Chrysler has over the past two years scoured the globe, mostly unsuccessfully, for partnerships aimed at building its scale and presence in overseas markets, where the company sells fewer than 10 per cent of its vehicles.
过去两年，克莱斯勒一直在全球寻找合作伙伴，以求扩大其在海外市场的版图，但大都无功而返。该公司只有不到10%的汽车销往海外。
Like General Motorsand Ford, Chrysler has difficulties producing the smaller and cheaper cars that global consumers are now demanding, because of its US plants' high fixed costs. Nissan is to build a small car for Chrysler in Japan from 2010.
与通用汽车(General Motors)和福特(Ford)一样，克莱斯勒在生产适合全球消费者当前所需的较小型和较廉价汽车上存在困难，原因在于其美国工厂高昂的固定成本。日产(Nissan)从2010年起将在日本为克莱斯勒生产一款小型汽车。
Chery yesterday denied reports that it might bid for some or all of Chrysler's assets now that their co-operation had ended. Chery said that the decision to scrap the co-operation agreement was made by both sides, and that Chery had no plans at the moment to buy assets from Chrysler or anyone else. It said that discussions were ongoing with the Italian carmaker Fiaton a possible joint venture to produce cars in China starting from next year.
奇瑞昨天否认了一些报道，这些报道称，既然合作已终止，奇瑞可能竞购克莱斯勒部分或全部资产。奇瑞表示，放弃合作协议的决定是双方共同做出的，奇瑞目前没有向克莱斯勒或其它任何一家公司购买资产的计划。该公司表示，与意大利汽车制造商菲亚特(Fiat)正在继续讨论有关从明年起在中国生产汽车的潜在合作项目。
The state-owned China Export Import Bank has agreed to provide Chery with up to Rmb10bn ($1.45bn) for overseas expansion and improving the quality of its vehicles.
国有的中国进出口银行(China Export Import Bank)已同意向奇瑞提供最高100亿元人民币（合14.5亿美元）的贷款，用于海外扩张和改进其汽车质量。