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Tariffs sound simple — and that’s what makes them so fiendish
關稅聽起來很簡單——這正是它們的複雜之處

Donald Trump’s threat of 25 per cent levies on Canada and Mexico is a hard one to hedge
唐納•川普威脅對加拿大和墨西哥徵收25%關稅,這一威脅很難規避。

Trade is complicated, what with all those products and parts endlessly criss-crossing borders. But tariffs are simple! Especially when they come in big round numbers. For an incoming US president keen to exert his authority, what could be more straightforward than slapping 25 per cent levies on absolutely everything coming from Mexico and Canada?

貿易是複雜的,因爲各種產品和零組件不斷地跨越邊界。但關稅卻很簡單!尤其是當它們以大而整的數字出現時。對於一位即將上任、渴望施展權威的美國總統來說,還有什麼比對來自墨西哥和加拿大的所有商品徵收25%的關稅更直接的呢?

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