Donald Trump believes that tariffs have magical properties. He even claimed in his speech at the Economic Club of New York last month that “I stopped wars with the threat of tariffs”. He added: “I stopped wars with two countries that mattered a lot.” So great is his faith in tariffs that he has proposed raising them to 60 per cent on imports from China and up to 20 per cent on imports from the rest of the world. He has even suggested a 100 per cent tariff on imports from countries threatening to move away from the dollar as their global currency of choice.
唐納•川普(Donald Trump)認爲關稅具有魔力。上月在紐約經濟俱樂部(Economic Club of New York)發表演講時，他甚至聲稱，「我用關稅威脅阻止了戰爭」。他補充說：「我阻止了與兩個非常重要的國家的戰爭。」他對關稅的信心如此之大，以至於他提議將對來自中國的進口商品的關稅提高到60%，將對來自世界其他地區的進口商品的關稅提高到20%。他甚至建議，對來自威脅放棄美元作爲首選國際貨幣的國家的進口商品徵收100%的關稅。