特朗普政府实时更新：美英称赞贸易协定带来的好处
【中美创新时报2025年5月8日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）特朗普总统表示，英国已同意根据一项新贸易协议增加数十亿美元美国出口产品的市场准入，包括牛肉、乙醇和其他农产品，但许多细节问题留待以后解决。《纽约时报》记者安娜·斯旺森于2025年5月8日上午11:37（美国东部时间） 对此作了下述报道。
这项协议——特朗普力推其为破坏全球贸易体系的努力将带来的众多成果之一——似乎更像是一个框架，而非一项完整的贸易协议。双方同意降低特定产品的关税，并在其他领域达成了一般性协议，但两国政府官员仍需在未来几个月举行会晤，敲定具体措辞。这可能是一个棘手而艰难的过程，因此该协议仍有可能破裂。
英国是美国第 11 大贸易伙伴，今年第一季度，英国对美贸易额占美国贸易总额的 2.9%。两国领导人在周四的联合声明中强调了两国之间的深厚关系。
特朗普在椭圆形办公室与英国首相基尔·斯塔默通过免提电话交谈，称这是“对两国来说都很棒的协议”。斯塔默称这是“真正精彩的历史性一天”，并指出，今天是温斯顿·丘吉尔宣布二战欧洲胜利80周年纪念日，丘吉尔是特朗普最喜欢的历史人物之一。
该协议将保留特朗普4月初对英国及全球其他国家征收的10%关税。但将削减特朗普对英国钢铁、铝和汽车征收的其他关税。作为回报，英国将开放牛肉、家禽、乙醇、软饮料、谷物和其他产品的市场准入。
英国政府表示，英国对美国汽车出口的关税将从27.5%降至10%，适用于10万辆英国汽车的配额。英国政府还表示，美国对英国钢铁的关税将降至零。特朗普的商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克表示，劳斯莱斯发动机和飞机零部件将免关税进口，而英国将购买价值100亿美元的波音飞机。
尽管特朗普政府官员将这项协议定性为特朗普在全球征收激进关税的结果，但长期以来，各方一直对达成协议抱有浓厚兴趣。特朗普在其第一任期内就曾讨论过与英国达成贸易协议的可能性，而英国官员自脱欧以来也一直关注与美国达成协议，以抵消与欧洲贸易额的下降。
以下是需要了解的信息：
贸易平衡：两国贸易相对平衡：2024年，美国向英国出口了价值800亿美元的机械、飞机、天然气、原油和其他产品，而英国则购买了价值680亿美元的汽车、药品和其他商品。
讨好特朗普：贸易协议将为斯塔默先生带来急需的政治胜利，同时也证明他努力培养与特朗普先生关系的策略是正确的。
单独的乌克兰协议：特朗普还宣布，美国和乌克兰已完全批准其矿产协议。他表示，他将于当天晚些时候与乌克兰总统泽连斯基通话。
图像：特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室发表讲话，英国首相基尔·斯塔默通过免提电话与他一起讲话。图源…埃里克·李/纽约时报
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Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and Britain Hail Benefits of Trade Agreement
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Image：President Trump spoke from the Oval Office while Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom joined him through speakerphone.Credit…Eric Lee/The New York Times
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May 8, 2025, 11:37 a.m. ET
President Trump said Britain had agreed to increase market access for billions of dollars of American exports, including beef, ethanol and other farm products under a new trade deal — but left many of the details to be worked out later.
The agreement — promoted by Mr. Trump as the first of many that will result from his efforts to blow up the global trading system — appeared to be more of a framework than a full trade deal. Both sides agreed to drop tariffs on specific products and made general agreements in other areas, but officials from both governments will still need to meet in the coming months to hammer out specific language. That can be a tricky and difficult process, leaving open the possibility the agreement could still fall apart.
Britain occupies the No. 11 spot among the United States’ biggest trading partners — it represented 2.9 percent of total U.S. trade in the first quarter of the year — and the leaders of both nations invoked the deep relationship between their countries in a joint announcement on Thursday.
Speaking from the Oval Office and with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on speakerphone, Mr. Trump called it a “great deal for both countries.” Mr. Starmer called it a “really fantastic historic day” and pointed out that it was the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill announcing victory in Europe in World War II, invoking one of Mr. Trump’s favorite historical figures.
The agreement will leave in place a 10 percent tariff that Mr. Trump imposed on Britain and other nations globally at the beginning of April. But it will pare back other tariffs Mr. Trump imposed on British steel, aluminum and automobiles. In return, the British will open up access to beef, poultry, ethanol, soft drinks, cereal and other products.
Britain’s government said tariffs on its auto exports to the United States would fall from 27.5 percent to 10 percent for a quota of 100,000 British vehicles. It also said U.S. tariffs on British steel would fall to zero. Mr. Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said Rolls-Royce engines and plane parts will come over tariff-free, while the United Kingdom will buy $10 billion of Boeing airplanes.
Although Trump officials framed the deal as a result of the aggressive tariffs Mr. Trump imposed around the world, there has been longstanding interest in an agreement. Mr. Trump discussed the possibility of a trade deal with Britain in his first term, while British officials have eyed an agreement with the United States since Brexit as a way to offset reduced trade with Europe.
Here’s what to know:
Trade balance: The two nations have relatively balanced trade: The United States sent $80 billion of machinery, airplanes, natural gas, crude oil and other products to Britain in 2024, while it bought $68 billion of cars, pharmaceuticals and other goods in return.
Courting Trump: A trade deal would provide Mr. Starmer a much-needed political victory, as well as vindication of his strategy of assiduously cultivating a relationship with Mr. Trump.
Separate Ukraine agreement: Mr. Trump also announced that the United States and Ukraine had fully ratified their minerals deal. He said he would be speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine later in the day.
