“没有中国产品的第N天，想它，想它，还是想它”
当地时间2018年7月4日，美国纽约，庆祝独立日的焰火在美国纽约史坦顿岛上空绽放。
“今年独立日的夜空，还能看到酷炫的烟火吗？”
这也许是最近美国民众最关心的问题之一。
7月4日是美国独立日。每年的这一天，美国各地都会举行盛大的烟火秀。
但是今年的独立日，天空或许会有些黯淡。
而这一切的“始作俑者”，是喊着"Make America Great Again"的总统先生。
“离不开中国产品的美国独立日”
当地时间2017年7月4日，美国华盛顿，烟花在国会大厦和华盛顿纪念碑上空绽放。
烟花、烧烤派对、飘扬的美国国旗，这些都是美国独立日不可或缺的元素。
美国媒体报道“中国制造”的美国国旗。
然而小到美国国旗，大到烟花装置，大部分庆祝独立日的产品，都是“中国制造”。
上个月，美国特朗普政府威胁对价值约3000亿美元中国产品加征25%的关税。消息一出，美国烟花业便处于一片“愁云惨淡”之中：因为美国95%的烟花产品都进口自中国。
美国烟花爆竹业协会执行主任朱莉•赫克曼(Julie Heckman)6月15日在接受财经媒体“市场观察”(Market Watch)的采访时表示 “受到加征关税的影响，很担心独立日当天的天空将会是一片漆黑。”
当地时间2018年6月27日，美国肯塔基州，售卖烟花的商店。
加征关税可能会令许多烟花企业的利润受到冲击。为了减少损失，一些企业只能发出涨价通知。但是企业们也担心通知发放后，会迎来一波取消订单潮。而一些美国小城镇的烟花秀组织者可能会因为无力承担上涨后的烟花价格，被迫取消烟花表演。
The sky on the U.S. Independence Day this year could look murky.
Many Americans have started worrying that the traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be blown up by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
A sense of panic has settled over the fireworks industry in the U.S. after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on another 300 U.S. billion worth of Chinese imports, which include fireworks.
The country's firework industry deeply relies on China's pyrotechnic products. Of the 250 million pounds of fireworks that are imported by the U.S. each year, nearly 95 percent come from China, according to the American Pyrotechnics Association.
"We're concerned the heartland of America will be most affected in terms of their skies being dark on Independence Day," Julie Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, told financial information website Market Watch. Impacted by the possible tariffs, some fireworks companies are mulling a hike in prices, while some small towns will have to cancel their Fourth of July fireworks displays.
“史上最贵圣诞节”？
当地时间2018年11月26日，美国华盛顿，2018年白宫圣诞装饰预展举行。
“殃及池鱼”的可不仅仅是美国的烟花业。虽然距离2019年的圣诞节还有6个月， 一些零售商和美国民众已经开始为圣诞季的商品发起了愁。
当地时间2018年12月5日，美国纽约一家出售圣诞装饰品的商店。
在加征关税的产品清单上，赫然可见彩灯、挂件等圣诞装饰品，此外还有智能手机、自行车、游戏机、毛绒玩具等圣诞送礼的热门产品。一旦加征关税，不仅圣诞装饰品价格会上涨，各种圣诞礼物也会变得更贵。或许2019年，美国民众将迎来一个“史上最贵的圣诞节”。
Apart from fireworks suppliers, retail outlets and consumers may also have to suffer from Trump's proposed tariffs. This year's Christmas season could be tighter for many Americans, as festive items like tech products, game consoles, toys, cribs, ornaments and Santa hats are all among the tariff list.
“热闹是你的，我们可什么都没有”
当地时间2018年11月19日，美国加利福尼亚州伯班克，顾客们在沃尔玛超市购物。
6月17日至21日、24日至25日，美国贸易办公室将就拟对华加征关税计划召开为期7天的听证会，预计有300多家美国企业派代表出席听证会。
而在听证会之前，美国政府几乎要被大批本土企业反对加征关税的声音淹没了。
包括沃尔玛、Costco、Target、Gap、Levi Strauss、Foot Locker在内的600多家美国企业联名上书特朗普，要求他停止与中国的贸易争端。
信中写道， “我们深知这些关税将会给美国的企业、农民、家庭以及美国经济带来重大的、负面的长久的冲击”。这份信件还警告说，如果特朗普还要继续加征关税，“就会令美国再失去200万个工作岗位，还将令美国GDP下跌1个百分点。”
A seven-day tariff hearing held by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will run from June 17 to 21 and June 24 to 25, with over 300 American enterprise officials lining up to voice their views.
Dissenting voices are overwhelming. Over 600 U.S. manufacturers, retailers and other companies and trade groups, featuring Walmart, Costco, Target, Gap, Levi Strauss, and Foot Locker, in a joint letter wrote to the White House, urged Trump to end the trade war against China or the new round of tariff will do nothing but harm U.S.'s own business.
"We know firsthand that the additional tariffs will have a significant, negative, and long-term impact on American businesses, farmers, families, and the US economy," reads the letter, "An escalated trade war is not in the country's best interest, and both sides will lose."
“薅的全是消费者的羊毛”
当地时间2018年11月23日，美国新泽西州泽西城，黑色星期五打折促销季到来，人们聚集在各大商场抢购商品。
羊毛出在羊身上，最后买单的也许还是美国的消费者们。不少美国民众都担心物价会因加征关税而进一步上涨。
据纽约联邦储备银行的研究人员预计，加征关税或将导致每个美国家庭每年额外支付831美元。
Trump has claimed that China pays the tariffs, but U.S. importers actually foot the bill and pass them on to consumers.
Quite a lot of Americans worry about the rising prices caused by tariffs as well. Statistics from Federal Reserve Bank show that the possible tariffs will make an American family pay an extra 831 U.S. dollars annually.
“狠起来连自己人都打”
当地时间2018年4月24日，美国华盛顿，美国总统特朗普和夫人梅拉尼娅设国宴款待到访的法国总统马克龙夫妇。
除了将关税“大棒”挥向中国，特朗普甚至想对法国“开刀”。
6月10日，特朗普在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）采访时表示，面对欧盟对美国葡萄酒征收的关税，他计划“做点什么”，暗示将对法国葡萄酒加征关税。
特朗普表示，“法国在葡萄酒上收了我们很多税，但是我们进口法国酒却只收很少的税。”
2018年，特朗普就曾在一条推文中向法国葡萄酒“开炮”，称法国让美国很难在国内卖出国产酒。
Champagne and Merlot could also be going up in price after Trump hinted he might raise tariffs on French wines.
"France charges us a lot for the wine. And yet we charge them very little for French wine." Trump said in a CNBC interview on June 10. "You know what? It's not fair. We'll do something about it," he added.
Trump's comments followed a tweet along the same lines in November 2018, in which he said "France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!"
英国作家吉卜林曾说：“东方就是东方，西方就是西方，两者绝不会相遇。”
("East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"—— Rudyard Kipling)
从特朗普的一系列贸易政策来看，他也许十分认同吉卜林的这句“陈词滥调”。
但是在经济全球化的今天，东西方不仅交往密切，两者更是“你中有我，我中有你”。
或许特朗普更应该学一学那句中国古语：
“合则两利，斗则俱伤”