常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

parley

中国の謝旭人財政相と人民銀行の周小川総裁が国際通貨基金IMF)・世界銀行年次総会への出席を最終的に欠席することになりました。尖閣諸島国有化に反対する対抗措置と見られています。parleyは古い言い回しで,「討論,討議,協議」を意味します。フランス語のparlerからきています。(GP)

China finance chiefs to skip key IMF parley in Tokyo

China will not send its finance chiefs to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo, a Chinese government official said Wednesday, in another indication of Beijing's anger over Japan's handling of a territorial row.

Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren and People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan have decided not to attend the meetings of the Washington-based institutions, drawing top finance leaders from about 180 countries, which started Tuesday, according to the official.

It is rare for China, the world's second-largest economy, as well as any other country, not to send a ministerial-level representative to annual meetings of the institutions, which are normally held in the U.S. capital.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20121011a2.html