美国有线新闻 CNN 特朗普签署行政令 退出TPP并重谈NAFTA
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2017年2月
First story: U.S. President Donald Trump 1 has signed an executive action to pull back from the negotiating process of the Trans Pacific Partnership 2.
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 Rim 3. It's supposed to encourage more trade, more business between them, partly by getting rid of tariffs 4, 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 ratified 5 by Congress and Congress had not done that under President Obama. Many Democrats 6 were against the TPP and though many Republicans initially 7 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 finalized 8 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.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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》