特朗普稱脫歐可能會阻礙美英貿易

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the agreement allowing the United Kingdom to leave the European Union may make trade between Washington and London more difficult, but the U.K. prime minister's office disputed his interpretation.

Trump told reporters outside the White House that the deal sounded like it would be good for the European Union, but "I think we have to take a look seriously whether or not the U.K. is allowed to trade.

"Because right now if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us," he said. "And that wouldn't be a good thing. I don't think they meant that."

He said he hoped British Prime Minister Theresa May would be able to address the problem, but he did not specify which provision of the deal he was concerned about.

A spokeswoman for May's office said the agreement struck with the EU allowed the U.K. to sign trade deals with countries throughout the world, including with the United States.

"We have already been laying the groundwork for an ambitious agreement with the U.S. through our joint working groups, which have met five times so far," the spokeswoman said.

Under the deal secured with EU leaders on Sunday, the U.K. will leave the bloc in March with continued close trade ties. But the odds look stacked against May getting it approved by a divided British parliament.美國總統特朗普週一表示，英國離開歐盟的協議可能使華盛頓和倫敦之間的貿易更加困難，不過英國首相辦公室對他的解讀提出不同意見。

特朗普在白宮外對記者表示，這一協議聽起來似乎對歐盟有利，不過“我認爲我們必須認真研究一下英國是否獲准進行貿易”。

他說，“因爲從現在來看這一協議，他們可能無法與我們開展貿易，”他說， “這不會是一件好事。我想這不是他們的意思。”

特朗普表示他希望英國首相特蕾莎-梅能夠解決這個問題，但他沒有具體說明他所關注的是哪一項協議條款。

梅首相辦公室的發言人表示，與歐盟達成的協議允許英國與世界各國簽署貿易協議，包括與美國。

該發言人說：“我們已經通過我們的聯合工作組爲與美國達成一項雄心勃勃的協議奠定了基礎，該工作組迄今爲止已經召開了五次會議。”

根據週日與歐盟領導人達成的協議，英國將在三月份離開歐盟，但繼續保持密切的貿易關係。不過看起來梅首相想要這一協議在分裂的英國議會得到批准的難度很大。