(双语新闻)美国针对中国收购德国公司发出警告
the german government withdrew its approval fora chinese firm to purchase aixtron, which makessemiconductor equipment, after the us secretservices raised security concerns, a german media report said wednesday.
在美国特务机关提出安全担忧后,德国政府收回中国企业收购半导体制造企业爱思强的许可,德国媒体周三报道。
germany unexpectedly announced on monday that it had reversed its stance on the 670-million-euro takeover ($730-million) by china's grand chip investment, saying it was puttingthe deal back under review.
周一德国意外的宣布称自己在有关福建大芯片投资公司的7.3亿美元的收购案上发生了立场的转变,称将对这个交易进行审查。
the german economy ministry said the decision was made after new "security-relatedinformation" came to light, but gave no further details.
德国经济部称在“安全相关的信息”浮出水面后才作出了这个决定,没有给出更进一步的细节说明。
citing german intelligence sources, the handelsblatt daily reported that the u-turn came afterthe us secret services intervened to block the deal.
《德国商报》援引德国情报来源的话说,之所以有这个180度的大转变,是因为美国特务机关介入阻止了这个交易。
"us authorities alerted germany's chancellory that aixtron products could potentially havemilitary uses," it said. "sources said washington feared that china could use chips fromaixtron in its nuclear programme."
“美国当局警告德国大臣,称爱思强的产品可能会用在军事用途上,”该报道称。“情报消息来源称华盛顿担心中国会将爱思强产品用在核项目中。”
a spokeswoman for the german economy ministry declined to comment on the article.
德国经济部发言人拒绝就此事发表评论。