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"You would need a magic wand to bring back manufacturing jobs," said President Donald Trump on November 12th,
11月12日，唐納德·特朗普總統引用前政府官員的話表示，
quoting someone from a past administration. "Well, we brought them back."
“你需要一根魔杖才能把制造業的工作崗位帶回來”?！拔覀儼阉鼈儙Щ貋砹恕！?/div>
The world's carmakers could be forgiven for wishing he had not bothered.
如果世界汽車制造商希望他沒有摻和，那他們是可以被原諒的。
They have been thwacked with tariffs on steel, aluminium and components from China,
他們受到了來自中國的鋼鐵、鋁和零部件關稅的打擊，
and threatened with broader levies on cars and car parts in the name of national security.
還被威脅以國家安全的名義對汽車和汽車零部件征收更多的稅。
A tariff deadline was looming as The Economist went to press.
在本期《經濟學人》付印時，關稅的最后期限即將到來。
And they have new rules of the road, in the form of the USMCA, a trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
他們還制定了新的規則，比如與墨西哥和加拿大簽訂的《美墨加三國協議》（簡稱USMCA）。
there is little sign so far that foreign carmakers are leading an American investment boom.
至今幾乎沒有跡象表明外國汽車制造商正在引領美國的投資熱潮。
According to Kristin Dziczek of the Centre for Automotive Research, their investments in American facilities have been fairly steady since the recession.
據汽車研究中心的Kristin Dziczek稱，自經濟衰退以來，他們在美國工廠的投資一直相對穩定。
Meanwhile the value of American imports of passenger vehicles and light trucks continues to grow,
與此同時，美國乘用車和輕型卡車的進口值繼續增長，
by 6% in the first three quarters of 2019 compared with a year earlier.
2019年前三季度同比增長6%。
Though European car executives were hauled in for a meeting with Mr Trump last December to discuss their American production plans,
雖然歐洲汽車高管們在去年12月被拉來和特朗普開會討論他們的美國產品計劃，
the value of imported vehicles from the European Union rose over the same period by 2%.
但同期，從歐盟進口的汽車價值增長了2%。
The trade data may be distorted by stockpiling: in its third-quarter earnings call Volkswagen, a big European carmaker,
貿易數據可能會因囤積而失真：在其第三季度財報電話會議上，歐洲大型汽車制造商大眾，
mentioned this as a defence against threatened tariffs. And Ms Dziczek cautions that trade policies are just one of many considerations
提到這是為了防御關稅威脅。Dziczek警告稱，當公司要決定在哪里建新工廠時，
when companies are deciding where to locate new plants. American demand for cars is sagging,
貿易政策只是眾多考慮因素之一。美國對汽車的需求正在下降，
and production is shifting from saloon cars to other larger vehicles such as SUVS, as well as electric cars.
并且汽車的生產正從轎車轉向其它大型車輛，如SUV和電動汽車。
Behind the scenes, however, car companies are planning to rework their supply chains to meet the USMCA's stricter content requirements.
但汽車公司背地里正在計劃重新設計他們的供應鏈以滿足USMCA更加嚴格的要求。
Ann Wilson of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers' Association, an industry group,
產業組織電機和設備制造商協會的安·威爾遜表示
says members are drawing up plans to manufacture more in America.
其成員們正在為在美國生產更多產品制定計劃。
"You will see structural changes," says Dietmar Ostermann, who works with car companies at PWC, an accountancy.
“你將看到結構性的改變，”普華永道會計公司處理汽車公司業務的Dietmar Ostermann說到。
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