2019-05-11

The US-China trading relationship will be fraught for years to come
That matters more than trade deals today
原文來源：The Economist 2019-5-10

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-11/

Notes

will be fraught for years to come

fraught with sth filled with sth unpleasant 充滿（不愉快事物）的
a situation fraught with danger/ difficulty/ problems
充滿危險╱困難重重╱問題成堆的局面

the trade tensions between A and C

helped global stockmarkets rise by a bumper 13% this year

(approving) unusually large; producing an unusually large amount 異常大的；豐盛的

impose more tariffs on C imports

negotiations rumbled on

rumble 'on (especially BrE) (of an argument, a disagreement, etc. 爭論、分歧等) to continue slowly and steadily for a long time 緩慢而長久地持續(xù)；無休止地繼續(xù)下去
Discussions rumble on over the siting of the new airport.
關(guān)于新機場的選址問題，討論起來沒完沒了。

a provisional agreement
臨時的

Some trade spats are settled by landmark agreements.
摩擦

crack down on

crack 'down (on sb/ sth) to try harder to prevent an illegal activity and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it 竭力取締；嚴厲打擊；鎮(zhèn)壓
Police are cracking down on drug dealers.
警方正在嚴厲打擊毒品販子。

intellectual property
知識產(chǎn)權(quán)

shift C’s model away from state capitalism.

Promises that state-owned companies will be curbed should be taken with a pinch of salt.

take sth with a pinch of 'salt to be careful about believing that sth is completely true 不完全相信；半信半疑

is above the law.
凌駕在法律之上

talks replete with gimmicks and threats
充滿；把戲噱頭

the call for economic self-reliance is gaining steam
迅速增長

The world now features two superpowers with opposing economic visions, growing geopolitical rivalry and deep mutual suspicion.