原文標題：
Trump threatens 25% tariffs on foreign cars and semiconductor chips
White House has raised threat of levies as a means to bolster US economy,
ignoring warnings trade wars could derail it
原文連結：
https://tinyurl.com/yc2vwc9j
發布時間：
Tue 18 Feb 2025 22.39 GMT
記者署名：
Callum Jones
原文內容：
Donald Trump stood firm against warnings that his threatened trade war risks
derailing the US economy, claiming his administration could hit foreign cars
with tariffs of around 25% within weeks.
Semiconductor chips and drugs are set to face higher duties, Trump told
reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
The White House has repeatedly raised the threat of tariffs since Trump
returned to office last month, pledging to rebalance the global economic order
in America’s favor.
A string of announced tariffs have yet to be introduced, however, as
economists and business urge the Trump administration to reconsider.
Duties on imports from Canada and Mexico have been repeatedly delayed;
modified levies on steel and aluminum, announced last week, will not be
enforced until next month; and a wave of so-called “reciprocal” tariffs,
also trailed last week, will not kick in before April.
Tariffs are taxes on foreign goods. They are paid by the importer of the
product – in this case, companies and consumers based inside the US – rather
than the exporter, elsewhere in the world.
Asked on Tuesday if he had decided the rate of a threatened tariff on cars
from overseas, Trump said he would “probably” announce that on 2 April, “
but it’ll be in the neighborhood of 25%”.
Upon being asked the same question about threatened tariffs on semiconductors
and pharmaceuticals, Trump replied: “It’ll be 25% and higher, and it’ll go
very substantially higher over the course of a year.”
The ramp-up, he explained, was designed to lure manufacturers to the US. “
When they come into the United States, and they have their plant or factory
here, there is no tariff.”
Executives have cautioned that the administration’s plan for tariffs risks
harming the US economy. A 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada “will blow a hole
in the US industry that we have never seen”, Jim Farley, the Ford CEO, told
an investor conference in New York last week.
ChatGPT機翻:
美國總統唐納·川普無視貿易戰可能破壞美國經濟的警告，堅稱其政府可能在數週內對外
國汽車徵收約 25% 的關稅。川普在週二的新聞發布會上對記者表示，半導體晶片與藥品
也將面臨更高的關稅。自上個月川普重返白宮以來，政府多次揚言將提高關稅，承諾要讓
全球經濟秩序重新向美國傾斜。然而，許多宣布的關稅尚未正式實施，經濟學家和企業界
紛紛敦促川普政府重新考慮此舉。對加拿大與墨西哥進口商品的關稅已多次延遲；上週宣
布的鋼鐵與鋁材的調整關稅將延至下個月才生效；而另一批所謂的「對等關稅」，同樣在
上週公布，則要到四月才會實施。關稅是對外國商品徵收的稅費，最終由進口商承擔——
也就是美國國內的企業和消費者，而非其他國家的出口商。
週二被問及他是否已決定對進口汽車徵收的關稅稅率時，川普表示他「可能」會在 4 月
2 日宣布，「但大概會在 25% 左右」。當被問到對半導體和藥品加徵關稅的計畫時，川
普回答：「將會是 25% 或更高，並且在一年內大幅上調。」他解釋說，這樣的調整是為
了吸引製造商進駐美國。「當他們進入美國，在這裡設立工廠或生產基地，就不需要繳納
關稅。」企業高層警告，政府的關稅計畫可能損害美國經濟。福特汽車執行長吉姆·法利
上週在紐約的一場投資者會議上表示，對墨西哥和加拿大徵收 25% 的關稅「將對美國產
業造成前所未有的衝擊」。
心得/評論：
川普又拿出關稅威脅，這次是說可能在4月2日對汽車徵收25%關稅，
對晶片的關稅則沒說什麼時候。
然而川普之前的關稅講了又推遲，
這樣的舉動大大增加市場的不確定性。
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