Turkey's Erdogan calls for US to lift sanctions hindering defence purchases
ANKARA, Sept 24 (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for U.S. sanctions blocking some defence purchases by his country and for other "unilateral" measures that hinder the NATO allies' ability to hit long-term bilateral trade targets to be lifted. 土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安呼吁美国解除阻碍其国家某些防务采购的制裁，以及其他妨碍北约盟国实现长期双边贸易目标的“单方面”措施。 Ties between the allies have been strained over a host of issues in recent years, ranging from policy differences in the eastern Mediterranean, Syria and Gaza to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems, which prompted the U.S. sanctions and Turkey's removal from the F-35 fighter jet programme in 2019. 近年来，双方关系因一系列问题而紧张，从地中海东部、叙利亚和加沙的政策分歧，到土耳其购买俄罗斯S-400防空系统，这导致美国制裁和土耳其在2019年被剔除出F-35战斗机项目。 After that, Ankara worked to procure 40 Block-70 F-16 fighter jets and 79 modernisation kits from Washington. The deal was approved after Turkey's blessing of Sweden's NATO bid, which also led to a thaw in relations. 之后，土耳其努力从美国采购40架Block-70 F-16战斗机和79套现代化设备。该交易在土耳其支持瑞典的北约申请后获得批准，这也使双方关系有所缓和。 Ankara and Washington have a long-term goal of $100 billion in bilateral trade, up from about $30 billion in 2023. 土耳其和美国的长期目标是将双边贸易额从2023年的约300亿美元提升至1000亿美元。 During a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, Erdogan told Turkish and American businesspeople that though he believed the goal would be possible to meet, cooperation in defence industry had "fallen very short" of its potential due to the remaining restrictions. 在参加联合国大会期间访问纽约时，埃尔多安对土耳其和美国商界人士表示，尽管他相信实现这一目标是可能的，但由于仍然存在的限制，防务产业的合作“远未达到”其潜力。 "For this, unilateral applications like additional tariffs in the iron, steel, and aluminum sectors, probes and the CAATSA sanctions need to be abandoned," he said on Monday, referring to the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). 他周一表示：“为此，需要放弃在钢铁、铝业等领域的额外关税、调查以及CAATSA制裁等单方面措施，”他所指的CAATSA是《通过制裁打击美国对手法》。