
魁北克省萨格内讷讷——二战期间,当纳粹飞机轰炸伦敦,美国急需大量建造飞机和弹药时,它帮助将加拿大森林中这个偏远之地打造成铝生产巨头。
SAGUENAY, Quebec—When Nazi planes were blitzing London during World War II and the U.S. needed to build more aircraft and munitions in a hurry, it helped turn this remote place in the Canadian forest into an aluminum-production juggernaut.
数千名加拿大人在严寒条件下辛勤劳作,仅用18个月建成了冶炼槽和为其供电的水电站。此后,萨格内讷讷的铝厂一直为美国工业供应铝材。
Thousands of Canadians labored through frigid conditions to build smelting pots and a hydropower plant to fuel them—in just 18 months. Ever since then, Saguenay’s aluminum plants have supplied American industry.
如今,特朗普总统的贸易战将加拿大的铝冶炼厂视为“敌人”,美国企业和消费者正为此付出代价。
Now, President Trump’s trade war has cast Canada’s aluminum smelters as the enemy—and U.S. businesses and consumers are paying a price.
在其首个任期的部分时间里,特朗普豁免了加拿大,不对其征收他对其他贸易伙伴实施的10%铝关税。自重返白宫以来,他取消了加拿大的豁免,并将铝关税税率提高至50%。
During parts of his first term, Trump exempted Canada from a 10% aluminum tariff that he imposed on other trading partners. After he returned to the White House, he stripped Canada of its exemption and raised the tariff rate on aluminum to 50%.