" Given our national conversation, I expected there to be some hesitancy, " Ms. Harless said.

“鉴于全国上下讨论如此热烈，我原本以为大家对山鹰的投资会有些迟疑，”哈利斯说。

Mayor Brandi Harless of Paducah, Ky., who traveled to China to meet executives of the company this year, said that it would be a shame if trade tensions hampered manufacturing investments in towns such as hers.

肯塔基州帕迪尤卡市市长布兰迪·哈利斯今年曾前往中国与山鹰的高管会面，她表示，如果紧张的贸易关系阻碍了中国在类似像她的市那样的地方的制造业投资，那将太可惜了。