The surprise meeting was held a few days before last week 's visit to china by frank lavin , us under - secretary of commerce .
此次出人意料的会议召开几天后，美国商务部副部长雷文凯（franklavin）上周对中国进行了访问。
Mr lavin described economic nationalism in china as a " worrisome trend " .
雷文凯称，中国的经济民族主义是一个“令人担忧的趋势”。
Mr lavin said caterpillar was running pilot programmes with its chinese suppliers to determine their ability to manufacture complex parts currently imported from japan .
雷文表示，卡特彼勒正与中国供应商开展试点项目，以评估它们生产目前从日本进口的复杂部件的能力。
Today caterpillar has about a 7 per cent market share in china , and in recent years the company has become more focused on china , relocating group president richard lavin to hong kong last winter .
' We believe over time that a stronger chinese currency will promote more exports from the u. s. to china , ' said rich lavin , caterpillar group president with responsibility for emerging markets .
