川普卸任前的一擊
The US Treasury Department labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators, accusing them for the first time of intervening in foreign exchange markets.
美國財政部把瑞士和越南列為匯率操縱國，首次指控它們干預外匯市場。
label(n.)標籤(v.)貼標籤label something or someone as 把…稱為;把…列為accuse sb. of (doing) sth.指控某人做了某事intervene in~干涉;干預;介入foreign exchange外匯foreign exchange market 外匯市場
A weak domestic currency makes a nation’s exports more competitive in global markets.
本國貨幣貶值使得一個國家的出口產品在全球市場上更具競爭力。
domestic currency 本國貨幣competitive(adj.)競爭的;有競爭力的competitive advantage 競爭優勢
The Treasury Department said that both Switzerland and Vietnam had intervened in currency markets to prevent balance of payments adjustments. The report covers activity from July 2019 to June 2020.
美國財政部表示，瑞士和越南都干預外匯市場，以阻止國際收支的調整。這份報告涵蓋2019年7月至2020年6月的活動。
balance of payments 國際收支，一個國家對外收入和支出的總額
“The Treasury Department has taken a strong step today to safeguard economic growth and opportunity for American workers and businesses,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
財政部長努欽在聲明中說：「財政部今天採取了一項強有力的措施，為美國勞工和企業捍衛經濟成長和機會。」
safeguard(v.)保護;保衛
“Treasury will follow up on its findings with respect to Vietnam and Switzerland to work towards eliminating practices that create unfair advantages for foreign competitors.”
「財政部將繼續調查越南和瑞士，努力消除對外國競爭對手造成不公平優勢的做法。」
follow up採取後續行動、跟進follow-up study 追蹤研究with respect to 關於work towards sth. 努力達成eliminate(v.)排除;消除
To be named a manipulator, countries must at least have a $20 billion bilateral trade surplus with the US, foreign currency intervention exceeding 2% of GDP and a global current account surplus higher than 2% of GDP.
要被列為操縱國，與美國的雙邊貿易順差必須超過兩百億美元，外匯干預的金額超過GDP的2%，全球經常帳順差超過GDP的2%。
trade surplus 貿易順差surplus(n.)剩餘;多餘food surpluses 食品過剩a budget surplus 預算結餘intervene(v.) intervention(n.)干預current account 經常帳
The Swiss National Bank pushed back on the charge, issuing a statement that it does not manipulate its currency and its monetary policy approach will be unchanged.
瑞士央行反駁了這項指控，發表聲明說，沒有操縱匯率，而貨幣政策方式也不會改變。
push back拖延;延後、反對;反抗;抵制charge(n.)(v.)指控manipulate(v.)操縱
Vietnam’s central bank likewise refuted the US Treasury Department’s move, reiterating that it does not use its exchange rates to create an unfair competitive advantage in international trade.
越南央行同樣反駁美國財政部的舉動，重申沒有利用匯率在國際貿易中產生不公平的競爭優勢。
likewise=in the same way同樣;照樣refute(v.)駁斥;反駁refute a theory 駁斥理論reiterate(v.)重申;反覆地說exchange rates匯率
The Treasury Department’s move may be the final strike against international trading partners by the outgoing Trump administration.
財政部此舉可能是即將卸任的川普政府對國際貿易夥伴最後一擊。
strike against 對…的打擊outgoing(adj.)即將離職的;即將卸任的
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary, could alter the findings in her first currency report in April.
美國總統當選人拜登提名的財政部長葉倫在4月份發表她任內第一份匯率報告中可能改變調查結果。
presidential-elect總統當選人alter(v.)改動;修改;改變