卢比奥接受《印度快报》专访：美印贸易协议数周内敲定，签证限制并非针对印度
美国国务卿卢比奥10月20日在印度孟买接受《印度快报》记者 Shubhajit Roy 专访，就美印贸易协议、关税、签证与能源合作等问题回答提问，专访内容10月21日刊发。卢比奥表示，美印贸易协议已完成约99%的工作，有望在数周内、而不是数月内敲定。
卢比奥在专访中说：「我认为我们已经非常接近了。我的说法是，我们距离敲定它只有数周、而不是数月之遥。我认为99%的工作已经完成了。」他表示，剩余事项主要是协议文本的具体措辞。印度商务部长 Piyush Goyal 上周曾表示，协议第一阶段已经定稿，正在进行法律文本起草。按今年2月公布的框架，美方将对印度商品的对等关税税率从25%降至18%，并取消了与印度购买俄罗斯石油挂钩的额外25%关税。
谈到与俄油挂钩的关税措施，卢比奥说：「这些关税没有一项意在惩罚或伤害印度。」他表示，特朗普总统决定豁免相关关税与制裁，原因之一是明白这类措施会对美印这一重要关系造成非常不利的影响。
被问及美国收紧签证与移民政策时，卢比奥表示，相关措施并非针对印度。他说：「我们正在修复一个20年来一直未被执行的移民系统。这不是针对印度。」他同时提到，某些签证类别中印度申请人数量庞大，规则调整对印度学生与专业人士的影响因此备受关注。
谈及中国，卢比奥说：「美中贸易战对全球经济将是毁灭性的，也会冲击印度。」他表示，美方寻求与中国保持战略稳定。谈及巴基斯坦时他说，美国与世界上任何国家的关系，都不会以牺牲美印关系为代价。
访印期间，卢比奥在孟买与印度外交部长苏杰生会晤，并与苏杰生、阿联酋外交部长阿卜杜拉举行三方会谈，讨论地区能源安全与经济合作；他还将前往古吉拉特邦 Jamnagar 参观 Reliance 炼厂，讨论利用印度炼油能力加工委内瑞拉重油、推动全球能源来源多元化。他说：「我不认为我们想生活在一个全球绝大部分能源来自某个易起冲突地区的世界里。」此次是卢比奥今年第二次访问印度；他10月17日至22日的中亚与印度之行还包括在乌兹别克斯坦撒马尔罕出席 C5+1 外长会。
被问及马斯克就星链业务对印度安巴尼家族的指控时，卢比奥回应说，马斯克拥有重要企业，但他是私人公民，自己不便评论其言论。
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Rubio Tells The Indian Express US-India Trade Deal Is Weeks Away, Says Visa Curbs Not Aimed at India
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with The Indian Express, conducted in Mumbai on October 20 and published on October 21, that a U.S.-India trade agreement is about 99 percent complete and could be finalized within weeks. He spoke with reporter Shubhajit Roy about the trade deal, tariffs, visas and energy cooperation.
"I think we're incredibly close. The way I would say it is, we are weeks, not months, away from finalising it. I think 99% of the work is done," Rubio said, adding that what remains is mainly the precise wording of the text. India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said last week that the first phase of the deal has been finalized and is undergoing legal drafting. Under a framework announced in February, the United States cut its reciprocal tariff on Indian goods from 25 percent to 18 percent and removed an additional 25 percent duty linked to India's purchases of Russian oil.
On tariffs tied to Russian oil purchases, Rubio said: "None of these tariffs are meant to punish or harm India." He said one reason President Trump waived the related tariffs was that he understood they would have a very detrimental impact on the important U.S.-India relationship.
Asked about U.S. visa restrictions, Rubio said the measures are not aimed at India. "We are trying to fix 20 years of neglect of an immigration system that was simply not being enforced. And that's not targeted at India," he said. He noted that certain visa categories draw large numbers of Indian applicants, which is why rule changes draw close attention in India.
On China, Rubio said: "A U.S.-China trade war would be devastating to the global economy. It would impact India," adding that Washington seeks strategic stability with Beijing. On Pakistan, he said America's relationship with no country in the world comes at the expense of its relationship with India.
During the Mumbai visit, Rubio met Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and joined a trilateral meeting with Jaishankar and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on regional energy security. He is also visiting the Reliance refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat, to discuss using India's refining capacity to process Venezuelan heavy crude and diversifying global energy supplies. "I don't think we want to live in a world in which an overwhelming amount of the global energy comes from one part of the world that's prone to conflict," he said. It is Rubio's second trip to India this year; his October 17-22 tour also took him to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the C5+1 ministerial.
Asked about Elon Musk's allegation against the Ambani family over Starlink, Rubio said Musk owns important businesses but is a private citizen, so he could not speak to it.
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