即將邁入2020年,英國《金融時報》為2019年的國際政經情勢下了註解:脫鉤(decoupling),不單指美國脫離世界常軌,各國5G、製造等產業供應鏈也力求擺脫中國。儘管中國製造光環不再,全球最大市場的磁吸力仍在,想脫鉤,恐怕沒那麼簡單。

【美中脫鉤淺談】

■decoupling 脫鉤、分離、隔斷
A:Have you heard that the Financial Times chose "decoupling" as the buzzword of 2019?
(你聽說了《金融時報》年度熱門字是「脫鉤」嗎?)
B:That's because many countries have worried about their reliance on certain foreign markets and technology.
(那是因為許多國家擔憂過度倚賴特定國外市場與技術。)

■rivalry 競爭、較量
A:Reliance on foreign markets? Globalization has been viewed as an unstoppable force for decades, hasn't it?
(依賴國外市場?但全球化勢不可當,不是嗎?)
B:I know. The rivalry between two major economies, however, has put this process into reverse.
(我知道。但是美、中之間的較勁逆轉這道進程。)

■implication 可能的影響
A:The economic ties between them are so deep that the implications of decoupling must be serious.
(它們的經貿糾結如此之深,脫鉤衝擊必然劇烈。)
B:So, I guess that their real decoupling from each other is unlikely!
(所以囉,我猜真正的互相脫鉤不太可能!)

【延伸關鍵字】
1. retaliatory:報復的、回敬的
2. to falter:動搖、蹣跚、猶豫
3. to crack down:採取嚴厲措施、鎮壓

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