美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿特区
2018年6月22日

国务卿迈克尔·R·蓬佩奥(Michael R. Pompeo) 在2018年选择美国投资峰会(SelectUSA Investment Summit)上的讲话

盖洛德全国度假与会议中心（Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center）

马里兰州奥克森希尔（Oxon Hill, Maryland）

各位早上好。我不会给你们所有31种风味，因为它们不在我的预备讲稿中。说实话，其实我从卖冰淇淋的工作里学到很多东西，也就是你们都知道的，对，勤奋 ，诚实，随时随刻拿出你的最佳表现，而这往往会给你的生活，你所在团队的经历，或者你在努力帮助使之成功的生意，带来好的结果。

感谢罗斯（Ross）部长的美言介绍。感谢你们所有人，千里迢迢来参加的国际投资人，以及今天在座的美国工商界朋友。

还要感谢各位从美国各地来参加大会的州长和州代表。这确实使它成为一次不平凡的活动。

正如威尔伯(Wilbur)所说，我曾当过国会议员，我曾当过中央情报局（Central Intelligence Agency）局长，但我仍然认为我在心里是一个制造人。我在堪萨斯州威奇托（Wichita, Kansas）经营两家制造公司，干了十五年。第一家是航空制造业机械厂。我们从事焊接。我们有铣床和车床。我们的产品销售给波音（Boeing）和洛克希德(Lockheed)，塞斯纳（Cessna）、雷神（Raytheon）和湾流（Gulfstream），以及世界各地所有机体制造商。那个企业发展到年资超过一亿美元。

后来我受聘主管一个类似但是在油田行业的公司，我们的客户包括哈利伯顿（Halliburton）和斯伦贝谢（Schlumberger）以及一些油田生产巨头。在我经营的每一分钟，我的公司都因国际合作而受益。

我们直接——我们直接受益于外国直接投资，它们提供了像我们在堪萨斯州威奇托那样的工作岗位，如今数量在美国达到700万个以上。这对美国有利，对美国工人有利，也对投资人有利。

那么你们要问，为什么国务卿今天在这里？你们听到了财政部长和商务部长的讲话。但你们一定知道，全球商务取决于有成功的国际关系。你们在寻找拥有最佳人才，最强能力的人的地方，最透明和有法治的地方，私人企业享有最大国际品牌曝光度的地方，最终能得到最大投资回报率的地方。

不会让你们感到意外，我深信，而且我相信我今天早上能够在这里证明，这个地方是美利坚合众国。（掌声）这不仅因为这是我们的国家，而且因为这是最理想的时刻。现在是投资人来这里，把你们的商务和你们的人带到这里来的最好时刻。

首先，我们拥有极多的优势。我在经营两个小公司的时候亲自看到这点。我们有着不可思议的创业和创新文化。我们拥有世界上最大的商品和服务市场。我们享有极大的政治稳定，法治无与伦比。我们拥有世界一流的高等院校和技术中心。我们也与国际伙伴一道，形成了由私营行业带动的金融体系和经济模式。

这些优势多年来一直是美国的生命线。特朗普总统（President Trump）的政策——他的经济政策使我们的优势成为让我们成倍繁荣的更加强大的力量。有种迷思认为美国在退出世界，我不得不对你们说，那只不过是迷思而已。特朗普总统的议事日程是历届总统中最亲商务，最主张国际贸易的。它改变了美国经济的格局，而你们的公司会想要在其中占有一席之地。

我们能够看到的好处有，降低个人和企业税收，大大减少规章制度——这是我作为小企业主的时候最难较量的方面之一，美国经济规章制度给我们造成负担——我们支持国内能源生产，我知道佩里(Perry)部长已经谈到这点，并且有一个对商务真正开放的政府的明确支持。正如拉里·库德洛（Larry Kudlow）本月早些时候所说，美国这里的“反商务战争已经结束”。“反成功战争已经结束[而且]反能源战争已经结束。”[掌声]

有信心的雇主准备提供好薪酬，以及最低失业率——针对所有人口类别，这些是新政策以及态度转变带来的红利，给美国和全球繁荣带来新的复兴。

由于总统的政策，国际公司和投资人正在全速奔向这里。你们要让自己到这里站在淘金浪潮的前沿。

例如，一个叫做美国哈瑞宝（Haribo of America）的德国糖果子公司正在在威斯康辛州的普莱森特普雷里（Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin）建造甜品业中最大规模的设施之一——这也是它在美国第一次建厂。

这个2.42亿美元的项目将在美国这里创造大约400个新工作岗位，斯科特·沃克(Scott Walker)说，这座新设施将是威斯康辛州历史上海外投资带来的对全新企业的最大宗投资之一。他向我保证还将有更多。

在东岸（East Coast），北卡罗来纳州罗利（Raleigh, North Carolina）将成为由印度信息技术和咨询公司印孚瑟斯技术公司（Infosys）建立的北卡罗莱纳州技术和发明中心（North Carolina Technology and Innovation Hub）所在地。

印孚瑟斯技术公司计划在未来两年内在美国创造一万个就业岗位。作为该计划的一部分，它预期在2021年前为这个中心招聘2000名美国雇员。

该公司还与北卡罗莱纳州社区学院系统合作，创建了一个定制计划，招收、培训并最终聘用未来的员工，我们很高兴今天有的代表与我们在一起。

特朗普政府致力于为企业创造一种持续繁荣的环境。这包含很多内容，作为国务卿，我认识到只有一个经济实力强大的美国才能履行对我们盟国的承诺，并阻止侵略者危害全球利益。

当不同国家为经济成功而合作时，我们的联盟就会加强。繁荣的合作伙伴更有能力应对我们每个国家面临的实际安全挑战。这些威胁是切实存在的。无论是应对恐怖主义、非法移民还是流氓国家，都需要我们的合作伙伴和盟友实现强劲的经济增长才能有力地进行反击。

在促进有利于美国人民和我们的合作伙伴的商务方面，国务院（State Department）发挥着关键作用。

我们在华盛顿特区(Washington, D.C.)拥有200名经济和商务官员，还有超过1500名经济官员派驻在全球190多个国家。

他们中的许多人专门为国际企业和投资者在全球商务领域导航，对美国的市场很了解。

请与他们联系。他们会帮助回答你们的问题，解除你们的担忧，还可以帮助你们与美国政府各部门的投资专家建立联系。这是国务院的一项重要工作，能够领导这项工作我感到荣幸。

我也很高兴——我知道在坐的有一些我们的外交使团负责人、我们的资深大使和临时代办。我鼓励你们在自己的国家与他们接触。他们知道，美国的一项首要任务是同时促进美国国内和他们的派驻国的商务。

我们在这些地方与我们的外国商务服务伙伴携手努力。他们的人员分布在75个国家。这一庞大的网络和密切的协调体现了美国政府对全球日益繁荣的统一看法和坚定承诺。

按照你们的需求，我们将把这些协助工作扩展到外国公司，这些协助将基于你们在美国的商务活动。

对美国企业来说，我想补充一点：我们的外交官也随时准备为你们提供帮助。如果你们前往国外开辟商务，请利用我们的大使馆。来跟我们打个招呼。我们的大门是敞开的。我们可以告诉你们我们对市场状况的看法，并帮助你们了解世界各国的监管环境。

我还想强调一件事情，我认为这对你们非常重要：美国的经济领导力建立在公平原则和公平竞争原则之上，国务院有义务实现这一目标。

我们将努力保护美国知识产权所有人在世界各地的利益，你们可以放心，我们将努力保护你们的创新成果，使之免遭盗窃、侵犯版权或其他滥用行为。

在我结束讲话之前，我充满信心对你们说，美国确实是全球创业和创新的最佳目的地。

对于国际投资者，我们欢迎你们。我们希望你们找到良好的投资机会。我昨晚看到市中心的酒吧都是满座。我是路过那里。（笑声）

如果你们需要帮忙，请尽管与我们联系。祝你们在美国心情快乐。请带上你们的投资资金。我们欢迎你们。

我想再次强调我的内阁同事们——阿科斯塔（Acosta）部长、姆努欽(Mnuchin)部长、佩里部长和罗斯部长——所表达的愿望。他们都有同样的感受。

我们希望确保美国是你们投资取得成功的地方。谢谢大家，上帝保佑你们，希望你们在美国度过愉快的时光。 （掌声）

Remarks
Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
Oxon Hill, Maryland
June 22, 2018

SECRETARY POMPEO: Well, good morning, everyone. I’m not going to do all 31 flavors for you as they’re not in my prepared remarks. Frankly, I learned a lot actually from that job working scooping ice cream, things that you all know, right, work hard, tell the truth, perform to your level best at every moment, and often that will lead to good things in your life and in the life of the team that you’re a part of or the business that you’re working to help succeed.

Thanks to Secretary Ross for the very kind introduction. Thank you to all of you, the international investors who have traveled so far to come here and be part of this, as well as the friends that we have here today from the American business community.

Thank you, too, to all the governors and our state-level representatives who have joined us from all across the United States. It has truly made this event special.

And as Wilbur said, I was a congressman, I was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, but I still consider myself at heart a manufacturing guy. For a decade and a half I ran two manufacturing companies in Wichita, Kansas. The first aerospace manufacturing business was a machine shop. We welded. We had mills and lathes. We sold to Boeing and Lockheed and to Cessna and Raytheon and Gulfstream, and all the airframe manufacturers all across the world. Grew that business to over a $100-million-a-year company.

And then I was hired to run a company that was similar but serving the oil patch where our customers were companies like Halliburton and Schlumberger and some of the big oilfield producers. Every minute of the time that I was in business, my companies benefited from international cooperation.

We direct – we benefited directly from foreign direct investment that supports jobs like we had in Wichita, Kansas that now total over 7 million here in the United States. It’s good for America, it’s good for American workers, it’s good for the investors as well.

So you all are asking why the Secretary of State is here today. You heard from the Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of Commerce. But you must know that global business depends on successful international relationships. You’re looking for the places where you can find the best talent, the most capable people, who has the most transparency, the rule of law, which private sector places have the greatest global brand exposure, and ultimately where can I get the best ROI for the investments that I’ll make.

It won’t surprise you that I believe deeply and I believe that I can prove here this morning that that’s the United States of America. (Applause.) Not only is it our country, but this is the perfect time. It’s the perfect time to come here as an investor, bring your business and your people here.

First, we have an enormous number of advantages. I saw this firsthand when I ran two small businesses. We have an incredible culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. We have the world’s largest market for goods and services. We have enormous political stability and a rule of law that is unrivaled. And we have world-class colleges and universities and technology centers. And we have, along with our international partners, developed a financial system and an economic model that is driven by the private sector.

These assets have been the lifeblood of America for many years. And President Trump’s policies – his economic policies have made our advantages even more of a force multiplier for prosperity. There’s a myth of American retreat from the world, and I have to tell you it is just a myth. President Trump’s agenda is the most pro-business, most pro-international trade of any president in history. It’s been a game-changer for the American economic landscape, and it is one that your company will want to be a part of.

We can see the benefits in lower personal and corporate tax rates, the enormous number of reduced regulations – one of the things that when I was a small business owner was most difficult for us to compete with, when U.S. economic regulations burdened us – our embrace of domestic energy production that I know Secretary Perry has spoken to, and clear support from an administration that is truly open for business. As Larry Kudlow said earlier this month, “The war against business is over” here in America. “The war against success is over [and] the war against energy is over.” (Applause.)

Confident employers ready to pay well, the lowest unemployment rates across – rates against all demographics, these are dividends of new policies and a changed attitude creating a new renaissance of American and global prosperity.

As a result of the President’s policies, international companies and investors are already coming here full speed. You’ll want to make sure you get here at the front of the gold rush too.

A company, for example, called Haribo of America, a subsidiary of the German candy company, is building one of its largest facilities in the confectionary industry – and its very first U.S. manufacturing plant – in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

It’s a $242 million dollar project to create roughly 400 new jobs here in the United States, and Scott Walker said this new facility will be one of the largest investments in new operations by an overseas company in Wisconsin’s history. And he promised me there would be more to follow.

On the East Coast, in Raleigh, North Carolina, will be the home of North Carolina Technology and Innovation Hub built by India’s IT and consulting company Infosys.

As part of its plan to create 10,000 American jobs over the next two years, Infosys plans to hire 2,000 Americans for its Raleigh hub by 2021.

The company has also partnered with North Carolina Community College System to create a customized program to recruit and train and ultimately hire the workforce of the future, and we’re pleased to have representatives from Infosys here with us today.

The Trump administration is committed to an environment for business that will keep generating this kind of prosperity. It means a lot, because in my role as Secretary of State, I recognize that only an economically strong America can fulfill its commitments to our allies and deter our aggressors from imperiling the global good.

When countries cooperate for economic success, it strengthens our alliances. Prosperous partners have a greater ability to confront real security challenges that we all face and threaten each of our countries. And these threats are real. Whether that is terrorism, illegal migration, or rogue state actors, we need robust economic growth among our partners and allies to push back.

And the State Department is a key player in facilitating commerce that benefits both the American people and our partners.

We have 200 economic and business officers in Washington, D.C. and over 1,500 economic officers that serve in over 190 countries around the world.

Many of them are specifically dedicated to helping international businesses and investors navigate the global commercial space and understand our market here in the United States.

Reach out to them. They’ll help answer your questions, they’ll resolve concerns, they can connect you with investment specialists throughout the United States Government. It is an important part of the State Department that I am now privileged to lead.

And I’m also delighted – I know we have a number of our chiefs of mission, our senior ambassadors and charges here with us. I encourage you all to reach out to them in your country. They know that a priority for the United States is helping commerce both here in America and in the countries in which they serve.

We work hand in hand in these places with our foreign commercial service partners. They’re in 75 countries themselves. This large presence and close coordination reflects the U.S. Government’s unified view and dedication to growing prosperity all around the world.

These advocacy efforts are extended to foreign companies as you require them, and they’re based on tenders that are made here in the United States.

And to the American business community, I want to add this: Our diplomats are ready to help you too. If you travel on international business, please use our embassies. Come on by and say hello. We’re – our doors are open. We can provide insights on market conditions and help you navigate regulatory environments in every nation in the world.

I want to emphasize one more thing that I think is very important for you to know: U.S. economic leadership is built on principles of fairness and a level playing field, and the State Department has as its mission to achieve this goal.

We will fight to protect the interests of U.S. intellectual property right holders all around the world, and you can have confidence that we will work to protect your innovation from theft, from copyright violations, or from other misuse.

As I close today, I’m confident telling you the United States is indeed the best destination in the entire world for entrepreneurship and innovation.

And to our international investors, we welcome you. We hope that you’ll find good investment opportunities. I saw the bars were full last night in downtown. I was passing by. (Laughter.)

Let us know how we can help you. Enjoy your time here in the United States. Bring your investment dollars. We welcome you.

I want to echo the sentiments of my cabinet colleagues Secretary Acosta, Secretary Mnuchin, Secretary Perry, and Secretary Ross. They all feel the same way.

We want to make sure that America is the place for your investments to succeed. Thank you and God bless you, and hope you have a great stay here in the United States. (Applause.)