美国有线新闻 CNN 特朗普签署行政令 退出TPP并重谈NAFTA

 

First story: U.S. President Donald Trump¹ has signed an executive action to pull back from the negotiating process of the Trans Pacific Partnership².

Here's what all that means: first, the Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP, it's a controversial international trade deal involving 12 countries located around the Pacific Rim³. It's supposed to encourage more trade, more business between them, partly by getting rid of tariffs⁴, taxes on certain goods that countries import.

Former President Barack Obama who helped negotiate the TPP said it'd be good for American workers. But critics and some U.S. lawmakers disagreed.

They said the partnership can lead to more U.S. manufacturing jobs moving overseas. And while he was on the campaign trail, Mr. Trump had promised to withdraw from the TPP.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The Trans Pacific Partnership is another disaster, done and pushed by special interests.

AZUZ: The deal was not final and needed to be ratified⁵ by Congress and Congress had not done that under President Obama. Many Democrats⁶ were against the TPP and though many Republicans initially⁷ supported it, some backed away from it over time. The election of President Trump signaled to the other nations involved that the TPP probably wouldn't go through.

Another international trade deal that candidate Trump campaigned against was NAFTA. That deal was finalized⁸ years ago. But as president, Mr. Trump is now moving to renegotiate it. He's blamed NAFTA for hurting American manufacturing jobs but some leading Republican lawmakers say pulling out of NAFTA could hurt businesses across the U.S.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

4 tariffs   

关税制度； 关税( tariff的名词复数 )； 关税表； （旅馆或饭店等的）收费表； 量刑标准

参考例句：

• British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
• The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。

5 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。

6 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》