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From the world’s biggest miners to German car makers and Japanese manufacturers of iridescent powder for cosmetics, producers around the world are bracing for collateral damage as the US escalates its tariff fight with China.

從全球最大的礦產(chǎn)商到德國汽車制造商，再到日本彩妝生產(chǎn)商，全世界的生產(chǎn)企業(yè)都在為美國對華關(guān)稅戰(zhàn)升級可能引發(fā)的池魚之殃做準備。

The Trump administration raised tariffs Friday on $200 billion of Chinese goods, sending tremors beyond the world’s two leading economies through Asia and Europe.

特朗普政府已決定從周五起對2,000億美元中國商品征收25%的關(guān)稅，受到震動的不只是美國和中國這兩個全球最大的經(jīng)濟體，整個亞洲和歐洲都被裹挾其中。

The increase from 10% hits thousands of Chinese products in categories as disparate as seafood, metals and machinery. Consumer products being hit are as varied as laptops, handbags and cosmetics.

此次被加征關(guān)稅的中國商品覆蓋了從海產(chǎn)品到金屬再到機械聘等多達數(shù)千個品種，這些商品的關(guān)稅將從10%上調(diào)到25%。從筆記本電腦到手袋再到化妝品，受影響的消費品不一而足。

Beijing has said it is weighing retaliation, which would likely target US industries including agriculture and energy.

北京方面表示正在考慮采取反制措施，矛頭可能針對農(nóng)業(yè)和能源等產(chǎn)品。

Globalized trade means the bilateral spat is dealing a blow to economic growth world-wide. The International Monetary Fund in April reduced its growth forecast for 2019 to 3.3%, down from 3.6% last year, and said trade tensions could weigh on it further.

在貿(mào)易全球化背景下，雙邊貿(mào)易爭端已經(jīng)對整體經(jīng)濟增長造成沖擊。國際貨幣基金組織在4月份將2019年全球經(jīng)濟增長預期從去年預計的3.6%下調(diào)至3.3%，并表示貿(mào)易摩擦可能會進一步抑制全球經(jīng)濟增長。

Countries affected by the US-China dispute include South Korea, which sends goods such as semiconductors and petrochemicals to China. Those goods are then incorporated into finished products that are shipped to the US South Korean exports, a quarter of which go to China, fell for the fifth straight month in April.

一些國家成為美中貿(mào)易爭斗的犧牲品。韓國4月份出口連續(xù)第五個月下滑，該國向中國出口半導體和石化等中間品，這些產(chǎn)品在中國經(jīng)過加工后再出口到美國。韓國對華出口占到其出口總額的四分之一。

Japanese electronics companies are similarly dependent on China to assemble their components. Electronics and auto-parts maker Panasonic Corp , which has factories in China, said the trade conflict sliced about $365 million from its operating profit for the year ended March 31. The company forecasts a further $91 million in damage in the current fiscal year.

日本電子產(chǎn)品公司也對中國頗為依賴，把中國作為零部件組裝基地。這些公司擔心關(guān)稅將給利潤帶來沖擊。在中國設(shè)有工廠的日本電子產(chǎn)品和汽車零部件生產(chǎn)商松下電器產(chǎn)業(yè)公司表示，截至本年度3月31日，貿(mào)易沖突將該公司2018財年利潤拉低了約3.65億美元，預計當前財年利潤將被進一步拉低9,100萬美元。

(全文共255個詞，華爾街日報)

►重難點詞匯：

iridescent adj. (因光線不同而)色彩斑斕的 adj. 彩虹色的 adj. 熒光色的

collateral adj. 并行的;旁系的;附屬的 n. 抵押品;[法] 擔保品;旁系親屬

escalate v. 逐步增強;使……加劇;升級，惡化;升高，增加;迅速增加，迅速增長

tremor n. [醫(yī)] 震顫;顫動

disparate adj. 不同的;不相干的;全異的 n. 無法相比的東西

retaliation n. 報復;反擊;回敬

bilateral adj. 雙邊的;有兩邊的

assemble vt. 集合，聚集;裝配;收集 vi. 集合，聚集