Early in the administration of George W. Bush, the former president applied provisions of US trade law to levy new tariffs on imports of steel. The move, ultimately struck down as illegal by the World Trade Organisation, was a calculated and somewhat cynical effort to convince organised labour to be less opposing of the president's market-opening trade agenda. However, labour groups, notably steelworkers, were not appeased by the move, and fought each new trade deal with abandon.
美國前總統喬治•W•布希(George W. Bush)在任職初期，曾運用美國貿易法的相關條款，對鋼材進口徵收新的關稅。此舉最終被世貿組織(WTO)認定爲非法而遭廢除。布希做出這一精心設計且帶有幾分犬儒主義的努力，是爲了說服勞工團體不再那麼反對其追求市場開放的貿易議程。但勞工團體——尤其是鋼鐵行業的工人——對此並不滿足，他們狂熱地反對每一項新的貿易協定。
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