特朗普承诺告别自己的商业帝国

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would “be leaving” his business empire “in total” as he sought to address growing concern about potential conflicts of interest related to his business ties around the world.

唐纳德.特朗普(Donald Trump)周三表示，他将“完全离开”自己的商业帝国。他寻求应对外界与日俱增的担忧，焦点是他在世界各地的业务关系可能引发种种利益冲突。

The US president-elect made the announcement on Twitter, but he gave no details on how he planned to separate himself from running his businesses other than to say “legal documents are being crafted”.

美国当选总统在Twitter上作出这一宣布，但他没有详细说明他打算如何让自己脱离经营活动，而只是说“相关法律文件正在拟定中”。

In the past, Mr Trump has suggested he would hand over operations to his adult children, and in the series of tweets that he would hold a news conference with his children on December 15 to “discuss the fact that I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country”.

过去，特朗普曾提出，他将把经营交给他的成年子女。现在他在Twitter上写道，他将与子女们在12月15日举行一个记者会，“讨论我将完全离开我的伟大企业这个事实，这是为了完全专注于执掌国家”。

Although the US president has far less stringent conflict-of-interest rules than cabinet secretaries, wealthy businesspeople who have taken cabinet posts have traditionally put their business interests in a blind trust or sold off their holdings. Mr Trump made no mention of taking either option.

虽然针对美国总统的利益冲突规则远远不如针对内阁主要成员的规则严格，但是出任内阁职位的富有商人传统上会把自己的商业利益置于一个保密信托中，或者出售自己所持股份。特朗普没有提及他会采取这两个选择当中的一种。

“While I am not mandated to do this under the law, I feel it is visually important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses,” he wrote on Twitter. “Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The presidency is a far more important task!”

"虽然依法我没有被强制要求这么做，但我觉得看上去很重要的是，作为总统，我要与自己的各项业务没有任何利益冲突，”他在Twitter上写道，“因此，相关法律文件正在拟定中，它们将让我完全脱离业务运作。履行总统职责是一项重要得多的任务！"

The real estate tycoon has faced criticism since his election victory that he could use his time in the White House to exert undue influence that would directly affect his wide-ranging business interests. Those business ties could also leave the presidency open to influence from foreign interests.

这名房地产大亨自当选以来一直受到批评；批评者称，他可以利用在白宫的时间为自己的广泛商业利益施加不正当影响。这些业务关系也可能使他作为总统容易受到境外利益的影响。

In an interview with the New York Times last week, Mr Trump dismissed concerns that his foreign business ventures could present the risk of conflicts of interest.

上周在接受《纽约时报》(New York Times)采访时，特朗普不承认他的海外商业项目可能带来利益冲突风险，对这方面的担忧不以为然。

“The law’s totally on my side, meaning, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” He added: “I can be president of the United States and run my business 100 per cent.”

“法律完全在我这一边，意思是，总统不会有利益冲突。”他接着说，“我可以是美国总统，同时100%经营我的企业。”

But he also hinted during the interview that he was already handing day-to-day control to his children: “I like to sign cheques so I know what is going on as opposed to pressing a computer button, boom, and thousands of cheques are automatically sent . . . But I am phasing that out now, and handing that to Eric Trump and Don Trump and Ivanka Trump for the most part, and some of my executives”.

但他在采访中也暗示，他已经在把日常管理工作移交给子女们：“我喜欢亲自签支票，这样我就掌握第一手情况，而不是按一下电脑按钮，眨眼之间，数以千计的支票自动发出去……但我正在逐步放弃那么做，把这些事大部分交给埃里克.特朗普(Eric Trump)、唐.特朗普(Don Trump)和伊万卡.特朗普(Ivanka Trump)，还有我的一些高管”。