马可·鲁比奥正在访问中亚和南亚，以加强美国的贸易关系并对抗俄罗斯和中国，随行有200人的商业代表团，并将在乌兹别克斯坦参加C5+1会议。
Marco Rubio is visiting Central and South Asia to strengthen US trade ties and counter Russia and China, with a 200-strong business delegation and a C5+1 meeting in Uzbekistan.
中亚地区富含能源和矿产资源，但中国目前是其主要贸易伙伴。美国希望获得更好的稀土资源准入并加强能源联系。
Central Asia is rich in energy and minerals, but China is now its main trade partner. The US wants better access to rare earths and stronger energy links.
鲁比奥随后将访问印度，华盛顿表示其与印度的贸易协议“非常接近”。尽管存在关税争端和对印度购买俄罗斯石油的紧张局势，谈判仍在继续。
Rubio will then visit India, where Washington says it is “very close” to a trade deal. Talks continue after tariff disputes and tensions over India’s Russian oil purchases.
AI生成 华盛顿——是谈判的时候了：尽管华盛顿在多个前线陷入动荡的地缘政治紧张局势，美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥于10月17日晚前往中亚和南亚，旨在加强商业联系——并在与俄罗斯和中国的竞争中占据优势。
AI generated WASHINGTON – It is dealmaking time: Despite the roiling geopolitical tensions embroiling Washington on several fronts, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed to Central and South Asia late on Oct 17 to boost commercial ties – and gain an edge over Russia and China.
随着美国陷入与伊朗的冲突，且乌克兰冲突毫无缓和迹象，鲁比奥加强了其外访行程，最近曾访问欧洲和拉美，正值美国中期选举竞赛的关键时期。
With the United States mired in its war with Iran, and the conflict in Ukraine showing no signs of abating, Rubio has stepped up his foreign travel with recent trips to Europe and Latin America, smack in the middle of the US midterm election campaign.
他基本上将有争议的伊朗、乌克兰和加沙局势的控制权交给了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的特使史蒂夫·威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳。
He has largely ceded control of the contentious Iran, Ukraine and Gaza situations to US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
鲁比奥则率领由200位商界领袖组成的庞大代表团前往乌兹别克斯坦，届时他将于10月19日参加五个中亚国家的部长级会议。
Rubio was instead leading a massive delegation of 200 business leaders to Uzbekistan, where he will take part in a ministerial meeting of five Central Asian countries on Oct 19.
“这是一项重要关系，”鲁比奥在出发前不久表示，称此行是一次战略访问。“有一些国家我们想要深入接触，因为我们希望与它们建立关系。”国务院一位高级官员于10月16日告诉记者，鲁比奥正在展示华盛顿对“中亚深化伙伴关系”的善意，特别是在能源领域。
“This is an important relationship,” Rubio said shortly before his departure, calling the trip a strategic visit. “There’s countries you’d like to get to because we want to build our relationships with them.”A senior State Department official told reporters on Oct 16 that Rubio was demonstrating Washington’s goodwill toward the “deepening partnership across Central Asia”, especially in the energy sector.
中亚是一个资源丰富的地区，面积相当于欧盟，但人口仅约8000万。
Central Asia is a resource-rich region as vast as the European Union but only boasts a population of about 80 million people.
“我们已经筹备了数月，这为把美国带入世界上至关重要的一个地区提供了难得的机会，”一位不愿透露姓名的美国高级官员表示。
“We’ve been planning this for several months, and it’s an incredible opportunity to bring the United States into a region of the world that is vitally important,” said a second senior US official, on condition of anonymity.
在访问乌兹别克斯坦城市撒马尔罕期间，卢比奥将参加与哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦部长们的C5+1会议。撒马尔罕是历史悠久的丝绸之路上的标志性站点。2025年11月，特朗普曾欢迎这些国家的领导人来到白宫。
During his visit to the Uzbek city of Samarkand, an emblematic stop on the historic Silk Road, Rubio will participate in a C5+1 meeting with ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In November 2025, Trump welcomed the leaders of those countries to the White House.
这些前苏联加盟共和国仍通过能源管道以及安全和移民网络与莫斯科保持联系，但自乌克兰战争爆发以来，俄罗斯的影响力一直在削弱——而中国则从中获益。北京是所有五个中亚国家的主要贸易伙伴。
The former Soviet republics remain linked to Moscow by energy pipelines, as well as security and migratory networks, but Russian influence has eroded since the start of the war in Ukraine – with China reaping the benefits. Beijing is the main trade partner of all five Central Asian nations.
中国企业已签署多项能源相关协议，旨在从土库曼斯坦采购天然气，从哈萨克斯坦采购铀，从塔吉克斯坦采购稀土。美国也将稀土采购和改善能源结构列为其外交政策的关键部分。
Chinese companies have signed a number of energy-related deals, seeking to buy natural gas in Turkmenistan, uranium in Kazakhstan and rare earths in Tajikistan. The United States also has made sourcing rare earths and improving its energy mix key parts of its foreign policy.
印度的美国大使塞尔戈·戈尔——他同时也是中南亚特使——多次强调华盛顿需要在该地区建立更好的关系。
The US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor – who also serves as the special envoy for Central and South Asia – has repeatedly emphasised the need for Washington to have better ties across the region.
贸易协议 访问乌兹别克斯坦之后，卢比奥将前往印度，途中停靠古吉拉特邦的孟买和贾姆纳格尔。这两座城市都是工业中心和重要的国际港口城市。
Trade deal After his visit to Uzbekistan, Rubio will head to India, with stops in Mumbai and Jamnagar in Gujarat state. Both are industrial hubs and major international port cities.
这将是国务卿在2026年对印度的第二次正式访问，早在5月份他曾访问过新德里和加尔各答，这表明华盛顿正在加大对该地区的推动力度。
It will be the Secretary of State’s second official visit to India in 2026, after a May trip to New Delhi and Kolkata, signifying Washington’s push in the region.
“我们离达成与印度的贸易协议非常近，”这位不愿透露姓名的美国高级官员谈及历时数月的谈判时表示。
“We’re very close” to a trade deal with India, the second senior US official said of negotiations that have dragged on for months.
2025年2月，双方曾达成一项临时协议，旨在降低美国对印度产品的关税。
In February 2025, the two sides reached a provisional agreement aimed at reducing US tariffs on Indian products.
但仅仅几天后，美国最高法院推翻了特朗普的许多关税政策，这加剧了人们对何时能达成双边贸易协议的不确定性。此后，华盛顿和新德里一直陷入谈判之中。
But just a few days later, the US Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s tariffs, which fuelled uncertainty about when a bilateral trade deal could take effect. Ever since, Washington and Delhi have been locked in negotiations.
特朗普因新德里购买俄罗斯石油而对印度商品加征25%的关税作为报复，导致关系紧张，但这些关税此后已被取消。
Relations were rattled when Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Indian goods in retaliation for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil, but those duties have since been lifted.
在孟买和贾姆纳格尔，卢比奥将在与印度商界领袖的会晤中推出所谓的“商业外交”这一全新美国品牌。
In Mumbai and Jamnagar, Rubio will offer the new US brand of so-called “commercial diplomacy” in his meetings with Indian business leaders.
他将特别提及印度 conglomerate 靠谱工业（Reliance Industries）计划在德克萨斯州融资建设一座炼油厂的计划。靠谱工业由印度亿万富翁企业家安塔尼·安巴尼（Anant Ambani）领导。
He will notably raise plans by the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries to finance a refinery in Texas. Reliance is led by billionaire Indian tycoon Anant Ambani.