苏珊·柯林斯已经在该职位上任职30年，她一直反对与美国加拿大之间的贸易战。如果唐纳德·特朗普总统实施的关税真的能够将制造业重新带回那些已经流失制造业的地区，那么缅因州的米尔尼诺克特镇（Millinocket）应该是一个理想的候选地。
Susan Collins has held her seat for 30 years and opposes the trade war with Canada If U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs could bring manufacturing back to places it has fled, the town of Millinocket, Maine, ought to be a likely candidate.
米尔尼诺克特曾是一个繁荣的造纸业小镇，但直到2008年Great Northern Paper公司停止运营后，这个小镇的经济才开始衰退。如今，该公司废弃的厂房仍被围起来，尽管当地有日益发展的户外休闲产业，但小镇的经济状况依然不佳。
Millinocket was for decades a thriving paper mill town, until Great Northern Paper ceased operations in 2008. Its fenced-off property sits abandoned, and although there's a growing outdoor recreation sector in the town of 4,100, its economy has struggled ever since. Then came a plan, backed in part by Norwegian investors, for a $300 million US aquaculture venture repurposing the giant lagoons on the old mill site, to be called Great Northern Salmon.
后来，一个由挪威投资者部分资助的水产养殖项目应运而生，该项目计划投资3亿美元，将旧造纸厂场地上的大型池塘改造成水产养殖场，名为“Great Northern Salmon”。当地商会主席盖尔·范乔伊（Gail Fanjoy）表示：“这个项目简直是天作之合——他们一开始就计划雇用50名员工，这对当地经济来说是一个巨大的福音。”该项目已经完成了大约80%的工程，但上个月该公司突然宣布无限期暂停施工，并将原因归咎于特朗普政府的关税政策所带来的不确定性。该项目所需的许多鲑鱼养殖设备都需要从加拿大进口。
"It was a marriage made in heaven," said Gail Fanjoy, the president of the local chamber of commerce. "Out of the gate, they were going to employ 50 people. That's a home run." The project was about 80 per cent toward completion when the company announced last month it was pausing indefinitely, resting blame squarely on the uncertainty caused by the Trump administration's tariffs. Much of its salmon farming equipment was to be imported from Canada. "That was a huge, huge, huge blow," Fanjoy told CBC News. "The Norwegian investors just said, 'We're done, we just can't deal with this.'" Fanjoy, a lifelong resident of Millinocket, says nothing will make her believe Trump's claim that his trade policy will revive manufacturing in places like this.
“这对我们来说是一个巨大的打击，”范乔伊告诉CBC新闻，“挪威投资者直接表示：‘我们放弃了，我们无法继续承担这样的风险。’”作为米尔尼诺克特的终身居民，范乔伊坚信特朗普关于其贸易政策能够振兴当地制造业的说法纯属谬论：“整个佩诺布斯科特河沿岸以及缅因州的造纸企业都已经倒闭或破产了，关税根本无法让它们重新恢复生机。”缅因州与加拿大的年贸易额高达60亿美元——对于一个人口比曼尼托巴省还少的州来说，这无疑是一笔巨大的贸易收入。
"It's a fallacy," she said. "Paper companies all up and down the Penobscot River and the state of Maine closed, went bankrupt, and a tariff is not going to bring them back." Cross-border trade matters to Maine Maine does $6 billion US in annual two-way commerce with Canada — a significant amount in a state that's less populous than Manitoba. The trade war is playing out amid a tight race for U.S. Senate in Maine, an election that will help determine which party controls Congress for the second half of Trump's term.
这场贸易战正发生在缅因州激烈的参议院选举期间，这场选举将决定特朗普执政后期的国会控制权归属。
Maine's incumbent Sen. Susan Collins is something of a political phenomenon. The Republican has held her seat for the past 30 years in a place that hasn't voted statewide for a GOP presidential candidate since 1988.
缅因州现任参议员苏珊·柯林斯可谓是一位政治奇才。这位共和党人已连任该席位30年，而该州自1988年以来从未在全州范围内投给过共和党总统候选人。
If the Democrats are to win a majority in the Senate in the Nov. 3 midterms, Maine is a seat they'll almost certainly need to flip. One big question in the race is if Maine voters will punish Collins as a proxy for their antipathy to Trump, whether over the trade war or other issues.
如果民主党想在11月3日的中期选举中赢得参议院多数席位，缅因州几乎是他们必须翻盘的一个席位。
Tim Woodcock, a Bangor lawyer and a staunch backer of Collins, says many businesses have been adversely affected by tariffs, including those on Canadian products.
这场竞选的一个大问题是，缅因州选民是否会因对特朗普的反感而惩罚柯林斯，无论是因为贸易战还是其他问题。
Tim Woodcock, a Bangor lawyer and a staunch backer of Collins, says many businesses have been adversely affected by tariffs, including those on Canadian products.
班戈律师、柯林斯的坚定支持者蒂姆·伍德科克表示，许多企业因关税而受到不利影响，包括针对加拿大产品的关税。
"These two economies are deeply intertwined," Woodcock told CBC News. "Anybody who is either trying to conduct a business in Maine or is dependent on a business in Maine would be very concerned about all the uncertainty that these tariffs have imposed."
伍德科克对加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻表示：“这两个经济体紧密交织。任何试图在缅因州经商或依赖缅因州企业的人，都会非常担心这些关税带来的所有不确定性。”“加拿大是我们的朋友”周末，当柯林斯在卡梅尔镇（约2900人口）参加游行时，加拿大广播公司新闻对她进行了采访。
'Canada's our friend' CBC News spoke with Collins on the weekend as she walked in a parade in Carmel, a town of about 2,900. Asked how concerned she is that Trump's tariffs will hurt her re-election chances, the 72-year-old senator parried the question.
当被问及有多担心特朗普的关税会损害她的连选前景时，这位72岁的参议员巧妙地避开了这个问题。
"I'm much more concerned about the impact on the people of Maine in general. Many of our products, whether it's blueberries or potatoes or timber or lobster, are harvested here but processed in Canada," Collins said.
柯林斯说：“我更担心对缅因州民众的整体影响。我们的许多产品，无论是蓝莓、马铃薯、木材还是龙虾，都是在这里采收但在加拿大加工。”
"Canada's our friend, our neighbour, our biggest trading partner," she added. "I urge the administration to get back to the table and both sides should engage in negotiations." Among the townspeople lining the parade route was Chris Morang, who shook hands with Collins.
她补充道：“加拿大是我们的朋友、邻居、最大的贸易伙伴。我敦促政府重返谈判桌，双方都应参与谈判。”在游行路线两旁的镇民中，克里斯·莫朗与柯林斯握了握手。
"I love her. She's always voted for helping the people in Maine. She's kept a lot of the hospitals going. She helped the lobster industry a lot," Morang told CBC News.
莫朗对加拿大广播公司新闻说：“我爱她。她总是投票支持帮助缅因州人民。她让许多医院得以维持运营。她对龙虾业帮助很大。”尽管柯林斯反对特朗普的贸易战，莫朗却站在总统一边。
Although Collins has opposed Trump's trade war, Morang sides with the president. "I think Canada has taken advantage of the United States a lot," he said. "They had unfair tariffs on us for many, many years, especially on lobster and lumber. I think at this point we're just getting what we deserve." Collins has often tried to distance herself from Trump and his tariffs.
“我认为加拿大在很大程度上占了美国的便宜，”他说。“多年来，他们对我们征收不公平的关税，尤其是龙虾和木材。我认为在这一点上，我们只是得到了我们应得的。”柯林斯经常试图与特朗普及其关税政策划清界限。
She was one of only seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Last week, she supported a resolution calling for an end to the war with Iran.
她是仅有的七名共和党参议员之一，在特朗普的弹劾审判中投票定罪，指控他在2021年1月6日冲击美国国会大厦事件中扮演的角色。上周，她支持一项呼吁结束与伊朗战争的决议。
Collins claimed victory this month when the White House lifted tariffs on two imports that Maine relies on from Canada: cement and road salt.
本月早些时候，当白宫取消缅因州从加拿大进口的两种依赖商品——水泥和融雪盐的关税时，柯林斯宣称取得了胜利。
Her opponent, Democrat Troy Jackson, says tariffs are crushing Maine and he's dismissive of Collins' approach.
她的对手、民主党人特洛伊·杰克逊表示，关税正在摧毁缅因州，他对柯林斯的做法不屑一顾。
'Concerned letters' to Trump "Everything costs more for people, and you can tell it's a big deal because Susan Collins was writing concerned letters to Donald Trump," Jackson told CBC News.
“给特朗普的‘关切信’” “所有东西对民众来说都更贵了，你能看出这是件大事，因为苏珊·柯林斯给唐纳德·特朗普写了关切信，”杰克逊告诉加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻。
"She got us rock salt back, but we can't eat that." Both Collins and Jackson grew up in northern Maine, each within a half hour's drive of the Canadian border. But that's where the similarities end.
“她帮我们争取回了融雪盐，但我们不能吃盐。”柯林斯和杰克逊都在缅因州北部长大，各自距离加拿大边境仅半小时车程。但相似之处仅此而已。
Collins comes from a prosperous family who owned a lumber yard, and now has a net worth as high as $9.6 million US, according to a Democratic Party analysis of her Congressional financial disclosures.
柯林斯出身于一个拥有木材场的富裕家庭，根据民主党对其国会财务披露的分析，她的净资产高达960万美元。
Jackson was a logger and union activist who jumped into local politics after participating in a border blockade protesting companies bringing lower-paid Canadian loggers into Maine in the late 1990s. If he wins, he'll become the only sitting U.S. senator without a four-year college degree.
杰克逊曾是一名伐木工和工会活动家，他在1990年代末参与了一次边境封锁抗议，抗议公司将薪资较低的加拿大伐木工带入缅因州，随后投身地方政治。如果他当选，他将成为唯一一位没有四年制大学学位的在任美国参议员。
During a weekend town hall in the small coastal city of Belfast, Jackson wore a ball cap while talking proudly of his roots in northern Maine and his two decades in local politics.
在贝尔法斯特这座小海滨城市的一个周末市民大会上，杰克逊戴着棒球帽，自豪地谈论他在缅因州北部的根基以及他在地方政治领域二十年的经历。
Jackson replaced Graham Platner "I speak funny, I know that. I didn't go to the right schools and all that. But what I think people have come to understand is that I am 100 per cent dug in on getting shit done," Jackson said to whoops and cheers from the audience.
杰克逊取代了格雷厄姆·普拉特纳。“我说话有点怪，我知道。我没上过那些名校，诸如此类。但我认为人们已经明白，我百分之百致力于把事情办成，”杰克逊说道，引来观众的欢呼和喝彩。
Jackson only became the Democrat candidate in July after the original nominee Graham Platner stepped down when a former partner accused him of sexual assault.
杰克逊直到7月才成为民主党候选人，此前原提名人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳因前伴侣指控其性侵而退选。
John Luft, who came to the town hall from the nearby coastal town of Lincolnville, says Jackson is different from the typical political candidate.
来自附近沿海城镇林肯维尔、出席市政厅会议的约翰·卢夫特表示，杰克逊不同于典型的政治候选人。“他确实说到了缅因州人当下的需求。他真的懂，”卢夫特说。卢夫特称与加拿大的贸易战极其恶劣。
"He actually speaks to what Mainers need right now. He actually gets it," Luft said. Luft calls the trade war with Canada atrocious. "I see no reason for this at all," he said. "Canada and United States have been friends forever and that's the way it should be." Canadian companies have major investments in Maine, notably New Brunswick's Irving family empire with interests in logging, forest products and petroleum.
“我完全看不出有什么理由，”他说。“加拿大和美国世代友好，本该如此。”加拿大企业在缅因州有大量投资，其中以新不伦瑞克省欧文家族的商业帝国最为著名，涉足伐木、林产品和石油领域。
Despite what polling suggests is widespread opposition to Trump's tariffs among Maine voters, it's only one of the issues at play in the election contest between Jackson and Collins.
尽管民调显示缅因州选民普遍反对特朗普的关税政策，但这只是杰克逊与柯林斯选战博弈中的一个议题。
Jim Melcher, a political science professor at the University of Maine Farmington, says while both candidates have staked out positions against the trade war, Collins can pitch Mainers on her influence in Washington as a veteran senator and her record of defying Trump.
缅因大学法明顿分校政治学教授吉姆·梅尔彻表示，虽然两位候选人都明确反对贸易战，但柯林斯可以向缅因州选民推销她在华盛顿的影响力——作为资深参议员及其对抗特朗普的记录。
Jim Melcher, a political science professor at the University of Maine Farmington, says while both candidates have staked out positions against the trade war, Collins can pitch Mainers on her influence in Washington as a veteran senator and her record of defying Trump.
“从某种程度上说，这场贸易战的发展可能对她比对杰克逊更有利，”梅尔彻对加广电视新闻表示。
"In some ways, how this (trade war) has played out may favour her more than Jackson," Melcher told CBC News. At the same time, Collins is seeking a sixth term from an electorate that Melcher describes as weary of the status quo.
与此同时，柯林斯正在争取第六个任期，面对的选民群体被梅尔彻描述为厌倦了现状。"特洛伊·杰克逊当然不同，更具蓝领色彩，处事方式也截然不同，"他说。"我认为，选民对经济形势和全国共和党的看法，对[柯林斯]也不利。" 美国中期选举结果会影响特朗普对加拿大的关税吗？民主党认为会 缅因州州长称该州在持续的贸易战中"不是敌人" 班戈的律师伍德科克对柯林斯的连任前景依然持乐观态度，他认为缅因州选民长期以来展现出独立判断的传统。"他们倾向于支持，我想说，那些愿意跨党派合作、愿意将议题本身的优劣置于党派之上的候选人，"伍德科克说。
"Certainly Troy Jackson is different, more blue collar, has a different approach to things," he said. "The perception of the economy and the national Republicans, I think, isn't helpful to [Collins] either." Will the U.S. midterm results affect Trump's tariffs on Canada? Democrats think yes Maine governor says her state is ‘not the enemy’ in ongoing trade war Woodcock, the lawyer in Bangor, remains optimistic about Collins' re-election chances given what he calls the long tradition of independent judgment shown by Maine voters. "They have tended to support, I'd say, the candidates who are willing to reach across the aisle, who are prepared to put the merits of an issue ahead of party," said Woodcock.
在2020年的上一次选举中，柯林斯挑战了反特朗普浪潮。尽管民调显示她即将落败，但她以九个百分点的优势击败了民主党挑战者。她是全国唯一一位在投票给乔·拜登的州获胜的共和党参议员候选人。
In her last election in 2020, Collins defied the anti-Trump wave. Despite polls that suggested she was poised to lose, she defeated her Democrat challenger by nine percentage points. She was the only Republican Senate candidate in the country to win in a state that voted for Joe Biden.