英国前商务大臣文斯·凯布尔谈斯塔默访华

CGTN欧洲 2026年1月28日

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u92euIoXuWQ

CGTN欧洲采访了英国前商务及贸易大臣、前自由民主党领袖文斯·凯布尔。

问：

文斯·凯布尔是自由民主党的前领袖，曾于2010年至2015年担任英国商务大臣。

文斯·凯布尔：

对英国而言，与世界各大经济体保持良好的经贸关系至关重要。我们是一个贸易大国，也是一个开放的国家。中国极其重要，可以说是世界第一，或者至少是第二大经济体。因此，从英国的经济利益出发，与中国开展合作至关重要。但还有一个更切合实际的原因，那就是特朗普政府反复无常的行为，这导致许多西方国家（不仅仅是英国）不得不采取对冲策略，以不同的方式平衡彼此的关系。我想可以说，英国在某种程度上效仿了加拿大总理卡尼上周的做法，鉴于特朗普总统的行为，他们正在以一种更明智、更恰当的方式来平衡与美国的关系。

问：

根据您担任英国商务大臣期间的经验，您认为中英经贸合作在哪些方面最有发展潜力？

文斯·凯布尔：

我看到首相带了一个大约50人的商界代表团。他们代表的行业与我15年前陪同首相访问时感兴趣的行业相同。而且可以说，英国在这些领域具有比较优势。我们很有竞争力。我们拥有一些中国可能感兴趣的东西。嗯，我们指的是服务业、创意产业、金融和专业服务、教育，英国通过其大学以及制造业的特定领域，是主要的国际教育提供者，尽管英国已经经历了严重的去工业化。我们仍然有一些非常成功的行业。所以这是一个多元化的组合，但本质上是一样的。嗯，我认为中国人确实觉得英国提供的很多东西都很有吸引力。我认为英国对华出口占比超过5%，超过了印度、澳大利亚和日本的总和。虽然远低于欧盟和美国，但这仍然很重要，而且我认为正在重点发展的行业是正确的。

问：

根据您的经验，这种面对面的握手外交，而不是仅仅通过屏幕交流，有多重要？

文斯·凯布尔

嗯，我认为远程外交的危险在于，媒体很容易扭曲事实。英国和其他一些国家一样，有很多媒体对中国持非常强烈的负面报道，有些问题这种报道有其合理性，有些则不然。我认为，高层人士会面并坦诚清晰地阐明优先事项更为重要。我的意思是，如果我是施塔尔姆首相，在接下来的几天里，贸易无疑是最重要的议题，我认为应该优先考虑贸易，或者更广泛地说，优先考虑贸易和投资。但我认为，对英国来说，最棘手的问题可能是我们现在对乌克兰负有非常沉重的责任。我们发现，中国虽然没有公开表态，但却默许地站在了俄罗斯一边。这给英国和其他欧洲国家带来了很多困难。

我认为，明确告知我们的中国朋友，我们希望他们采取哪些措施来帮助妥善解决这场冲突，并维护中国方面所强调的领土完整原则，这一点至关重要。很好。

Former UK Business Secretary Vince Cable on Starmer's China visit

CGTN Europe  2026年1月28日

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u92euIoXuWQ

CGTN Europe spoke to Vince Cable, Former UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and former leader of the Liberal Democrats Party

Asks

Well, Vince Cable is the former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and was Britain's business secretary between 2010 and 2015.

Vince Cable

Well, it's it's significant for the UK that we um have good business-like relationships with all the major economic powers in the world. I mean, we're a trading country and an open country. Uh and China is massively important, arguably number one or certainly number two in the world economy. So as a matter of Britain's economic interest, it's important that we engage. But there is another more topical reason which is the erratic  behavior of the Trump administration which is causing a lot of western countries, not just the UK, uh to hedge to sort of balance our relationships in a different way. Um and I suppose you could say that the British are to some extent following the lead of uh Premier Carney um from Canada last week in  balancing our relationship with the United States in a more um perhaps more sensible and appropriate way given the way President Trump's behaving.

Asks

From your experience um from your time as the UK's business secretary, I wonder where you see the strongest opportunities for uh renewed China UK economic and and trade cooperation.

Vince Cable

Well, I see that uh the prime minister is taking with him, I think, a deputation of about 50 business people.

Uh and they represent the same sectors that were interested um uh when I went went with the prime minister 15 years ago. Uh and they're areas where Britain, you could say, has a comparative advantage. We're competitive. We have something useful that the Chinese may wish to engage with. Uh we're talking about service sectors, creative industries, financial and professional services, education uh where Britain is a major international provider through its universities as well as specialized areas of manufacturing although Britain has heavily de-industrialized. We have some very successful sectors. So it's it's a mixture, but it's it's the same mixture. Um uh and I I I think actually you know the Chinese are finding a lot of the things that the British offer  quite attractive. I think the share of British exports going to China is over 5%. It's it's more than India, Australia and Japan combined. It's a lot less than the European Union and a lot less the United States. But it's important and I think the sectors that are being pursued are the right ones.

Asks

How important given your experience uh is this eyeball to eyeball shake of hands diplomacy rather than doing it all on down a screen?

Vince Cable

Well, I think the danger of long-distance diplomacy is that it all gets rather distorted through the media. there is a lot of um very anti-China media coverage in the UK as in some other countries and some issues where there's justification, others not. And I think it's much more important that the people at the top meet and set out priorities honestly and clearly. I mean, if I were um in Prime Minister Stalm's shoes uh in the next few days, yeah, trade masses enormously and I I think it's right to prioritize it or trade and investment more generally. But I think probably the trickiest issue for the UK is that we have now have this very heavy uh commitment to Ukraine. Uh we find uh China not openly but tacitly on theother side in support of Russia. That creates a lot of difficulty for the British and other European countries.

And I think it's important to be clear with our Chinese friends what we would want them to do in order to help resolve this conflict in a satisfactory way and uphold the principle of territorial integrity which the Chinese rightly emphasize. Nice.