The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a 2.5km-long monument(纪念碑；丰碑) to the perils of appeasing(绥靖；安抚) Donald Trump. Canada footed the entire bill(支付全部费用) of C$6.4bn ($4.6bn) for the gleaming new span over the Detroit river to the United States. But America’s president threatened for months to block its opening, relenting(变温和；让步) only when the United States got a cut of the toll revenues. Traffic at last began to flow in late July. Canadians cringed(畏缩；感到难堪) at Mark Carney’s evasive explanation for the shakedown(敲诈；勒索). Mr Trump then rewarded his compliance by announcing new tariffs of 50% on a range of goods imported into the United States from its northern neighbour.
戈迪·豪国际大桥是一座长2.5公里的纪念碑，纪念着绥靖唐纳德·特朗普的危险。加拿大为这座横跨底特律河通往美国的崭新大桥支付了全部64亿加元（46亿美元）的费用。但美国总统威胁数月要阻止其开通，直到美国获得通行费收入的分成后才松口。交通终于在7月底开始通行。加拿大人对马克·卡尼关于这次勒索的含糊其辞的解释感到难堪。特朗普随后以宣布对从北方邻国进口到美国的一系列商品征收50%的新关税来回报他的顺从。
If the new tariffs come into force as expected on August 19th, Canada will be the first country to be subjected to tariffs under Section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, passed in 1930, allowing the American president to respond to perceived discrimination over trade.(如果新关税如期于8月19日生效，加拿大将成为第一个根据1930年通过的《斯姆特-霍利关税法》第338条被征收关税的国家，该条款允许美国总统对贸易中感知到的歧视作出回应。) Tariffs under that act, unlike the emergency duties struck down(否决；推翻) by the US Supreme Court in February, need no congressional approval. “This looks a lot like the future of Donald Trump’s trade policy because it gives him flexibility,” says Eric Miller, head of the Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, a trade consultancy in Washington.
如果新关税按预期于8月19日生效，加拿大将成为第一个根据1930年通过的《斯姆特-霍利关税法》第338条被征收关税的国家，该条款允许美国总统对贸易中感知到的歧视作出回应。与2月份被美国最高法院否决的紧急关税不同，该法案下的关税无需国会批准。华盛顿贸易咨询公司丽都波托马克战略集团负责人埃里克·米勒表示：“这看起来很像唐纳德·特朗普贸易政策的未来，因为它给了他灵活性。”
Mr Trump is using this freedom to put tariffs on $20bn of exports to the United States, 5% of the total sent south every year. These would pile up(堆积；累积) next to other duties that have hobbled(阻碍；使跛行) Canada’s car, steel, aluminium, wood and copper industries. Crucially(关键地；至关重要地), and unlike the emergency tariffs imposed last year, the new ones also hit goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA(美国-墨西哥-加拿大协定)) on trade.
特朗普正利用这一自由对出口到美国的200亿美元商品征收关税，这占每年向南出口总额的5%。这些关税将与其他阻碍加拿大汽车、钢铁、铝、木材和铜产业的关税叠加。关键的是，与去年实施的紧急关税不同，新关税还涉及《美国-墨西哥-加拿大协定》（USMCA）涵盖的商品。
