中国与美国创纪录的贸易顺差表明特朗普的策略正在走向“失败” [美国媒体]

China’s record tradesurplus with the US shows Trump’s strategy is “failing”

中国与美国创纪录的贸易顺差表明特朗普的策略正在走向“失败”



One major goal of PresidentDonald Trump’s trade war with China is to send more US-made products there thanChinese companies export here.

唐纳德特朗普总统与中国进行贸易战的一个主要目标是向那里出口更多的美国产品，比中国公司向这里出口的还要多。

But so far it looks likethat plan isn’t working — and it could become politically costly for Trump.

但到目前为止看起来这个计划并没有效果——而且对于特朗普而言，它可能会在政治上变得昂贵。



While it’s possible thatthe deficit could shrink in the coming months, right now it doesn’t look goodfor the president.

虽然未来几个月逆差可能会缩小，但对总统来说现在情况看起来并不好。

“President Trump is on track this year to preside over the new recordfor the largest trade deficit in the history of US-China relations, beating therecord that was set under his watch last year,” Ryan Hass, a China expert atthe Brookings Institution, told me.

“特朗普总统今年有望主持创造美中关系历史上最大贸易逆差的新纪录，击败他去年创下的纪录，”布鲁金斯的中国问题专家瑞安哈斯机构告诉我。



But the spat also hurts China. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), aworld body that helps keep the global economy stable, announced on Friday thatthe trade war could curb China’s economic growth by about 2 percent over thenext two years. If true, it would be a major blow to China’s economy, whichprioritizes continued growth above all else.

但是这场争斗也伤害了中国。国际货币基金组织（IMF）是一个帮助全球经济保持稳定的世界组织，它在周五宣布，贸易战可能在未来两年内降低中国经济增长约2％。如果这是真的，将对中国经济造成重大打击，而中国将经济增长看得比什么都重要。

China will almost certainly inject its own money into the local economyas part of a stimulus program, the IMF noted, which could negate the decline ingrowth.

国际货币基金组织指出，作为刺激计划的一部分，中国几乎肯定会将自己的资金注入本地经济，这可能会抵消经济增长的下滑。

Still, it looks like the trade war will hurt more than just Beijing andWashington.

另外，看起来贸易战不仅会伤害北京和华盛顿。



There’s very little winning here for America.

美国赢的可能性微乎其微。