We took the
unilateral decision to cancel the contract.
我们单方面决定撤消合同。
We were forced to take
unilateral action.
我们被迫采取单方面行动。
This is a
unilateral declaration of independence.
这是单方面的独立宣言。
The
unilateral decision made by the company sparked protests from the employees.
公司单方面做出的决定激起了员工的抗议。
The government's
unilateral withdrawal from the treaty caused international uproar.
政府单方面退出条约的行为引起了国际社会的强烈反应。
A
unilateral approach to solving the conflict will not lead to a lasting peace.
采取单边方式解决冲突不会带来持久的和平。
The country announced its
unilateral sanctions against the rogue state.
该国宣布了对那个流氓国家的单边制裁。
In a surprising move, the president revoked the agreement without any bilateral discussion, making it a
unilateral decision.
总统在没有进行任何双边讨论的情况下撤销了协议，这一举动令人惊讶，也使得这成为一个单方面的决定。
The
unilateral cease-fire declared by the rebel group was met with skepticism from the government forces.
反叛组织宣布的单方面停火遭到了政府军的怀疑。
The construction of a wall along the border was seen as a
unilateral action that disregarded the neighboring country's concerns.
沿边境修建围墙被视为忽视邻国关切的单边行动。
The trade agreement can only be successful if all parties participate; a
unilateral effort will not suffice.
贸易协定只有在所有方参与的情况下才能成功；单方面的努力是不够的。
The
unilateral imposition of tariffs led to a trade war between the two nations.
单方面征收关税导致两国之间爆发了贸易战。
The company's
unilateral change to the employee benefits package without negotiation angered the staff.
公司未经协商单方面改变员工福利方案，这让员工感到愤怒。
China's new policy will simplify the procedure for unilateral advance pricing agreement－an arrangement whereby an enterprise applies in advance to negotiate and reach an agreement with the tax authority concerned in respect of certain criteria for transfer pricing.
中国的新政策将简化单边预约定价安排的程序——即企业可提前向相关税务机关申请，就转让定价的某些标准进行谈判并达成协议。
It indicated that by the end of 2019, 101 unilateral arrangements and 76 bilateral ones had been signed.
这句话的中文翻译是：“截至2019年底，已签署了101项单边安排和76项双边安排。”
Vanke Chairman Yu Liang said at the time that "the era of unilateral rapid increases in home prices has ended".
- NTT Docomo Inc. said Tuesday it will restart accepting orders for Huawei Technologies Co. 's high-end P30 Pro smartphone after the Japanese carrier suspended taking orders in late May following the United States' unilateral move to ban the company.
"China strongly opposes other countries imposing unilateral sanctions on Chinese entities," Gao said.
xa0It is the latest reminder that the Trump administration's unilateral measures to increase tariffs are causing self-inflicted wounds.
US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson's announcement on Monday to move some of its manufacturing out of the United States is the latest reminder that the Trump administration's unilateral measures to increase tariffs are causing self-inflicted wounds.
"If the US attempts to curb China's development and force China to make concessions by sticking to its unilateral protectionism at the cost of harming the interests of Chinese and US companies, it miscalculates," he said.
Vanke's Yu said "the time of unilateral rapid increases in home prices has ended.
Zha Weimin, deputy general manager and spokesman of Sinosure, China's only policy-oriented insurance company, said that if the US slapped on unilateral sanctions it would harm bilateral economic and trade relations.
During Li's stay in Switzerland, China announced a unilateral visa-free treatment to Switzerland, and the Swiss side more visa facilitation for Chinese citizens as well as Chinese enterprises investing in Switzerland.
The unilateral and protectionist US measures, which undermine the principles of free trade and damage the stability of the international market, will pose challenges to China’s efforts to achieve self-reliance in this strategic sector and, more importantly, will hinder global technological progress and cooperation, said Gu Wenjun, chief analyst of ICwise, a Shanghai-based semiconductor market research company.
In a recent move to boost international exchanges, the country started to implement a unilateral visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia on a trial basis, effective from Dec 1, 2023 to Nov 30, 2024.
By combining unilateral tariff cuts with reciprocal tariff reductions through FTAs, China aims to expand its degree of opening-up, and further advance trade and investment liberalization and globalization, said Gao Lingyun, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, which is part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Additionally, a strong emphasis on industrial and supply chain collaboration will pave the way for more partnerships, she said, adding that it is important to maintain the stability and smoothness of the global supply chain and oppose unilateral measures and decoupling.
Noting the US approach as typical unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, the spokesperson said such acts undermine the order and rules of international trade, and affect the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chain.
While speaking over the weekend at a sub-forum of the 89th International Forum on China Reform held in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, Chi Fulin, president of the China Institute for Reform and Development, said that the overall conditions for unilateral opening-up to ASEAN are in place.
Furthermore, institutional opening-up should be tapped to advance institutional reform at greater depth, and unilateral opening-up should be employed to foster significant advancements in free trade.
This action is a clear example of economic coercion and unilateral bullying, which China vehemently opposes, said the ministry's spokesperson.
The US overstretched the concept of national security, abused export control measures and used state power against enterprises and individuals of other countries, which are typical acts of economic coercion and unilateral bullying, said a spokesperson with the ministry.
The wanton use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction by the US undermines the rules and order of international trade, hinders normal international economic and trade exchanges, and jeopardizes the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and individuals, the spokesperson said.
The official said that the US's unilateral sanctions and extraterritorial jurisdiction practices undermine the international trade order and rules while obstructing normal economic and trade exchanges among countries.
It is important to highlight that China's countermeasures target the US steel and aluminum tariffs, which are considered unilateral and protectionist measures and have previously been deemed in violation of WTO rules.
Zhao Hong, a professor at Peking University's Law School and former chairperson of the WTO Appellate Body, said that without consultations with countries mostly affected, Japan's unilateral decision to release the contaminated water may also violate the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
In addition to stressing that broadening the concept of national security is detrimental to normal economic and trade interactions, Wang highlighted that implementing unilateral and protectionist measures goes against market rules and the principles of fair competition, ultimately harming the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.
"We have noted that China and the US have recently encountered some difficulties and challenges in bilateral trade and investment, which are closely related to the series of unilateral and protectionist measures taken by the US side," Shu said.
Japan's unilateral decision to discharge the nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is an extremely selfish and irresponsible act, which China firmly opposes and strongly condemns, Ministry Spokeswoman Shu Jueting said at a news conference.
In a statement issued in July, the industry group had warned that such unilateral restrictions risk diminishing the US semiconductor industry's competitiveness, disrupting supply chains and causing significant market uncertainty.
The report disclosed that since 2017, the US government had adopted a series of unilateral and trade protectionist measures and pursued an "America First "approach.
The root cause of the problem in this case is the unilateral and protectionist moves of the United States, the official said, adding that China's countermeasures were taken in accordance with the law and are legitimate actions to safeguard the country's legitimate rights and interests.
Reviewing the US' performance on following WTO rules via the report, China has expressed concerns over US policy measures that undermine the multilateral trading rules, impose unilateral sanctions, adopt double standards in industrial policies, and disturb global industrial and supply chains.
The US has long been imposing unilateral sanctions like additional tariffs to other countries under the so-called concerns of national security, human rights and forced technology transfer, and forces others to take its side and meet its requirements, the report said.
It provokes decoupling, breaks global industrial and supply chains, expects to force industrial reshoring through unilateral levying of tariffs, tries to establish US-centered industrial and supply chains through massive and exclusive industrial subsidies, and promotes friendly-shoring outsourcing based on its so-called sharing similar values.
They condemned some developed countries for adopting unilateral and discriminatory measures like the carbon border adjustment mechanism and tax incentives.
China has urged the United States to abandon irrational suppression of Chinese companies and lift unilateral sanctions on them ahead of a possible visit by the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
Ending the US' arbitrary suppression of Chinese companies and lifting unilateral sanctions on them can help inject positive energy into bilateral economic relations, she said.
Shu Jueting, a spokeswoman for the ministry, said at a regular news conference that the unilateral actions taken by the US are intended to fragment the global semiconductor market.
商务部新闻发言人束珏婷在一次例行新闻发布会上表示，美国采取的单边行动旨在分裂全球半导体市场。
It is a typical unilateral bullying act which China resolutely opposes and strongly condemns, the ministry said.
"Unilateral moves by any country could hardly change the economic interdependence of all countries.
任何单个国家的单方面行动都难以改变所有国家之间的经济相互依赖关系。
"We firmly oppose the imposition of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction against China, which are not authorized by the UN Security Council and have no basis in international law, on the grounds of China-Russia cooperation," she said.
Without an investigation or verification, the report repeatedly used uncertain expressions such as "may," "likely" and "appear to be," and criticized Chinese e-commerce platforms by quoting unilateral statements made by US companies that have neither authority nor legal force, ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting said in response to media inquiries.
China opposes the recent unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on a number of Chinese companies under the pretext of alleged involvement with Russia, said a spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce.
Its abusive use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, which has no grounds in the international law, seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and individuals, interrupts the normal economic and trade exchanges between other countries, threatens the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chains, and hinders the recovery and development of the world economy, said the spokesperson.
The statement went on to assert the US has recently engaged in unilateral trade bullying, manipulated industry policy and disrupted global industrial and supply chains, severely undermining the authority and effectiveness of the multilateral trading system.
"The Chinese government believes that export control should follow the principles of 'fairness, impartiality and nondiscrimination', and strongly opposes abuse of export control, and unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, which have no basis in international law," said Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce and China international trade representative.
"China deals with other countries as "partners" and seeks to achieve mutual, rather than unilateral interests, unlike Western countries, particularly the United States, he said.
According to the draft, the country will raise the bar for companies to declare the concentration of operators, from the current 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion), 2 billion yuan and 400 million yuan to 12 billion yuan, 4 billion yuan and 800 million yuan respectively, in terms of global turnover, turnover in China and unilateral turnover in China.
"We must not allow any country to be hindered in its development efforts by the imposition of unilateral sanctions, embargoes, or other coercive economic measures that violate international law as well as the core principles and purposes, as enshrined in the United Nations Charter," Hun Sen said.
The unilateral imposition of the tariffs by the US is not good for China, the US, and the rest of the world, he said.
The unilateral tariff increase by the United States on Chinese products is not good for the two countries nor the world, Gao Feng, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at an online media briefing on Thursday.
Unilateral actions run contrary to the principles of market economy and international economic and trade rules, harm the interests of other countries as well as the US, and hurt the global supply chain, said Xue Rongjiu, deputy director of the Beijing-based China Society for WTO Studies.
In response to US Trade Representative Katherine Tai's recent remark that Washington is planning to more actively pressure China on trade, and it is preparing a "new approach" for that purpose, ministry spokeswoman Shu Jueting said the US, as a member of the World Trade Organization, should make its trade policies and practices in line with WTO rules, rather than taking a new set of trade policies to conduct unilateral and protective moves.
She reiterated that the unilateral imposition of additional tariffs on China would not be good for China, the US or the rest of the world.
She reiterated unilateral imposition of additional tariffs on China is not good for China, the US or the rest of the world.
China opposes any form of unilateral sanctions or long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international law, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
It is expected to serve as a measure to punish unilateral and hegemonistic behavior," said Huo Jianguo, vice-chairman of the China Society for World Trade Organization Studies.
"We are working to establish after-sales service centers in the Greater Bay Area cities and preparing for early implementation of the unilateral recognition policy on cross-boundary motor vehicle insurance.
Xie Fuzhan, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it has become more "important and urgent" than ever to advocate multilateralism and support the free trade system, as growing unilateral actions could give rise to isolation and disorder in the world economy.
Xie Fuzhan, president and academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it has become "more important and urgent" than ever to advocate multilateralism and support the free trade system amid rising unilateral actions that could give rise to isolation and disorder in the world economy.
"It is a groundless and unilateral move for the US to sanction these Chinese technology entities, as it disregards facts and acts merely out of its subjective will," said Zhou Mi, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Later in 2020, the WTO identified Washington's unilateral punitive levies as moves that breached global trade rules.
In response to media reports that the United States plans to launch a new round of Section 301 investigation against China, Shu said unilateral trade protectionism does not benefit China, the United States or world economic recovery.
China will closely watch the knock-on effects caused by Japan's unilateral decision to discharge contaminated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, said Gao Feng, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, at a media briefing on Thursday.
China always opposes unilateral imposing of tariffs, because that is not good for China, the United States, or the world, he said.
He said China has a more open attitude on cooperation with the EU and has been actively promoting bilateral trade in several sectors, while the US has been taking a more unilateral and protectionist approach in its trade ties with the EU.
"We oppose the unilateral and protectionist practices of destroying the existing global industrial and supply chains and promoting on purpose so-called decoupling in any name," said Gao.
China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday urged the United States to stop unilateral and bullying behaviors and said it would take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
"This is unilateral bullying without principles or bottom lines that essentially denies emerging markets and developing countries the right to a better life for their people," she said.
The Foreign Ministry announced late this month that China will grant unilateral visa-free entry for up to 15 days to travelers holding passports issued by France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia.
Zhao Hong, a professor at Peking University's Law School and former chairperson of the WTO Appellate Body, also said without consensus from other countries, Japan's unilateral decision to release the contaminated water may also violate its obligation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, she said, adding China and other countries being affected could adopt further measures if the situation evolves.
Both Beijing and Seoul have expressed strong objections and dissatisfaction over Japan's unilateral decision that disregarded the opposition of the international community, especially of China and the Republic of Korea, its two important neighbors.
北京和首尔都对日本单方面的决定表示了强烈的反对和不满，该决定无视了国际社会尤其是中国和韩国这两个重要邻国的反对。
The Global AI Governance Initiative, proposed by China's top leadership last month, "responds to the expectations of many countries that are firmly opposed to any unilateral coercive measures", Gambardella said.
"Overly broad, unilateral controls risk harming the US semiconductor ecosystem without advancing national security as they encourage overseas customers to look elsewhere," the group said.
A spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday the United States constantly overstretches the concept of national security, abuses export control measures and resorts to unilateral bullying acts, which China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly objects to.
The United States has constantly overstretched the concept of national security, abused export control measures and resorted to unilateral bullying, which China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly objects to, the spokesperson said.
In a statement issued in July, the industry group had warned that such unilateral restrictions risk diminishing the US semiconductor industry's competitiveness, disrupting supply chains, and causing significant market uncertainty.
Meanwhile, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released a statement in July and warned that the "unilateral" restrictions on semiconductors "risk diminishing the US semiconductor industry's competitiveness, disrupting supply chains, causing significant market uncertainty, and prompting continued escalatory retaliation by China".
"A typical unilateral and trade protection measure, the US Section 301 tariffs disrupt normal bilateral trade between China and the US, damage global industrial and supply chain stability and deeply harm American importers and consumers," Shu said.
Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, said the EU should take an objective view on the development of China's EV industry instead of using unilateral economic and trade tools, which obstruct the growth of the segment and increase operational costs of Chinese EVs in the European market.
The investigation is groundless, unilateral and unfair, and the EV industry — along with China's manufacturing sector in general — must prepare for "a hard fight" against more possible containment moves by Western countries in the near future, they said.
"The EU should hold an objective view on the development of China's EV industry, rather than using unilateral economic and trade tools to obstruct the sector's development or increase operating costs for Chinese carmakers," Cui said.
The Trump administration's recent investigation into automotive imports has provoked widespread opposition from US lawmakers, business groups and major trading partners, as they think the unilateral move threatens to disrupt global supply chains and kill American jobs.
Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko also warned that Washington's latest move towards unilateral protectionism would "plunge the global market into turmoil," noting any trade measures must be consistent with the WTO's multilateral trade system.
In terms of US unilateral tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, Japan, the EU and other US trading partners have challenged it at the WTO.
"Of course, any unilateral ideas will not work out.
But such heavy subsidies to the US semiconductor industry is a unilateral move that would disrupt competition and the entire global chip supply chain, Zhong said.
钟表示，但如此大规模地补贴美国半导体产业，将是一次单方面的行动，会扰乱竞争并影响整个全球芯片供应链。
"Anybody taking a unilateral approach to anything, certainly to technology and economics, will have problems.
The European Commission has adopted a risk mitigation approach to address security concerns involved in fifth-generation wireless technology, and it did not demand an outright or unilateral ban on Chinese telecom gear-maker Huawei in the 5G network rollout across the bloc.
A continuous and long-term unilateral depreciation of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar is unlikely, and financial market participants must not bet on that, if they are to avoid losses, an official of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission said on Friday.
The reason for this is the gradual reform in setting the renminbi's foreign exchange rate, under which the currency has maintained expectations of unilateral appreciation or depreciation for a long time.
Expectations of the renminbi's unilateral appreciation existed in the foreign exchange market most of the time.
The renminbi experienced unilateral depreciation pressure between 2015 and 2017.
The renminbi has become more flexible in terms of foreign exchange proceedings since 2017, which has resulted in weaker expectations in unilateral changes in the exchange rate and more balanced cross-border capital flows.
Expectations of the renminbi's unilateral fluctuation have been lowered and cross-border capital flows thus stabilized.
"We disapprove of imposing financial sanctions on Russia, especially unilateral sanctions, as they don't work well and don't have much legal basis," Guo said at a news conference held by the State Council Information Office.
Finance minister urges G20 nations to desist from any unilateral measuresChina will support the efforts made by the G20 members to forge an international deal on digital taxation by the middle of this year and expects it to help the digital economy develop in an open and fair manner, a top government official said.
Finance Minister Liu Kun said "unilateral measures "should be avoided while dealing with the tax digitization challenges.
Unilateral actions like levying taxes on large technology companies may lead to tax competition and discriminatory treatment in various countries, said experts.
There is a channel for bilateral conversation and there have been successful precedents with the CSRC, but unilateral legislation will only drive Chinese companies away and the damage to the US financial industry could be permanent.
As countries are seeking ways to revitalize their economies to mitigate the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and weak goods demand, he said US unilateral action will damage the hard-fought results aimed at de-escalating tensions and bilateral trade disputes.