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According to his recent tweets, president Donald Trump believes rate hikes will strengthen the dollar and thereby cause the trade deficit to raise - offsetting his efforts to bring it down.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普最近在推特上表示，他相信加息将使美元走强，从而导致贸易逆差增加——抵消了他降低贸易逆差的努力。
However, according to Business Insider, the Federal Reserve's recent actions are the logical result of his own policy and personnel choices.
然而，据《商业内幕》报道，美国联邦储备委员会最近的行动是特朗普的个人政策和个人选择的必然结果。
For one thing, he signed a large, deficit-financed tax cut and two, by cutting corporate taxes, the new tax law encourages foreign investment in the United States.
首先，他签署了一项庞大的、由赤字提供资金的减税计划；其次，通过降低企业税，新税法鼓励外国人在美国投资。
Trump has also started trade wars and intends to these to reduce the trade deficit.
特朗普还发动了贸易战，并打算以此来减少贸易赤字。
For their immediate effect has been to push down foreign currencies against the United States'.
它们的直接影响是压低了外国货币兑美元的汇率。
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词汇解析
1、offset
抵消；补偿；
Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
为补偿原料成本的增加而提高了价格。
2、currency
货币；通用；
Inflation has turned the rouble into a toytown currency.
通货膨胀使得卢布变成了毫无价值的货币。
The country's currency went down in value by 3.5 per cent.
这个国家的货币贬值了3.5%。
