华盛顿——数百亿美元取决于一个听起来奇怪的问题：‘and continuing’是什么意思？
WASHINGTON—Tens of billions of dollars hinge on an odd-sounding question: What does “and continuing” mean?
这句话出现在特朗普总统2020年COVID-19疫情灾难声明中，是决定法院案件的关键，这些案件将决定政府是否关闭了超过三年的税务截止日期，以及美国公司和个人是否在数十亿美元的争议中获胜。
That phrase in President Trump’s 2020 Covid-19 pandemic-disaster declaration is the key to court cases that will determine whether the government turned off tax deadlines for more than three years—and whether U.S. companies and individuals prevail in disputes over billions of dollars.