On March 3, Donald Trump made two highly significant decisions. One was to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico at a rate of 25 per cent, as well as on Chinese imports at a rate of 10 per cent on top of the 10 per cent imposed last month. A 25 per cent tariff on imports from the EU is expected to follow. Together, these four economies produce 61 per cent of US imports of goods. The other and more significant decision was to suspend US military aid to Ukraine, giving the beleaguered country what appears to be a Hobson’s choice between surrender and defeat. Trump’s friend Vladimir Putin must be ecstatic: the US president is tearing the west apart before his happy eyes.
3月3日，唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)做出了兩個(gè)非常重大的決定。其中之一是對(duì)加拿大和墨西哥征收25%的關(guān)稅，并在上月加征10%關(guān)稅的基礎(chǔ)上，對(duì)進(jìn)口中國(guó)商品再加征10%的關(guān)稅。預(yù)計(jì)他還將對(duì)從歐盟進(jìn)口的商品征收25%的關(guān)稅。這四個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)體加起來(lái)占美國(guó)商品進(jìn)口的61%。另一個(gè)更重大的決定是暫停美國(guó)對(duì)烏克蘭的軍事援助，讓這個(gè)陷入困境的國(guó)家在投降和失敗之間面臨兩難選擇。特朗普的朋友弗拉基米爾?普京(Vladimir Putin)一定欣喜若狂：這位美國(guó)總統(tǒng)正在撕裂西方，而他高興地觀看。