特朗普可以通過中國和墨西哥的幫助爲美國創造就業和安全

Donald Trump is known to be a highly pragmatic “get it done” leader. As president-elect he wants to keep the promises to the constituencies that elected him while healing the wounds of a bitterly divisive campaign. Is there then a way he can create jobs through infrastructure investment construct a physical obstacle at the U.S.-Mexico border that helps stem unlawful and dangerous crossings while at the same time mending rifts with Mexico liberal and environmentally-conscious California ― and even China?

唐納德·特朗普被稱爲一個高度務實的“說了就做”的領袖。作爲當選總統，他既想保持對投票支持他的選民的承諾，又要癒合競選時的嚴重分歧造成的傷口。有沒有那麼一種可能，讓他通過在美墨邊境建造一道實體的壁壘的基建投資創造就業機會，同時彌合與墨西哥自由主義者和頗具環保意識的加州--甚至中國之間的裂痕呢？

The answer is “yes.” He can do so by expanding on an imaginative proposal by one of Mexico’s leading environmentalists Homero Aridjis and James Ramey a professor at Mexico City’s Metropolitan Autonomous University.

答案是：”有“。他可以通過擴展由墨西哥最知名的環保人士之一霍梅羅·阿里德吉斯和墨西哥城都市自治大學教授詹姆斯·拉美所提出的一個富有想象力的建議來實現。

They propose building a border of solar panel arrays one-third the width of a football field along their side of the almost 2000-mile border with the U.S. to capture the intense sunlight of Mexico’s northern desert. A new high-voltage direct current grid would distribute energy to the cities and populations that line both sides of the border from Texas to California. Yes Mexico would pay for this installation ― and reap the revenues from selling the energy to utilities and households in both countries. And the jobs it would provide would help keep would-be migrants at home.

他們建議在長達2000英里的美墨邊境的墨西哥一側建造三分之一足球場寬的太陽能電板列陣以捕捉墨西哥北部沙漠強烈的日光資源。新建的高壓直流電網可以將這些電能傳輸到邊境兩邊的城市裏和家庭裏去，從德州到加州。是的，墨西哥將會支付這樣的太陽能電板安裝費用，通過將電能賣給兩國的機構和家庭，墨西哥政府可以獲得財政收入。而該項目所提供的就業機會將有助於讓潛在的墨西哥移民待在國內。

Further as Aridjis and Ramey wrote recently in The WorldPost the physical facility “would have a civilizing effect in a dangerous area.” They continued: “Since solar plants use security measures to keep intruders out the solar border would serve as a de facto virtual fence reducing porousness of the border while producing major economic environmental and security benefits on both sides. It would make trafficking drugs arms and people all the more difficult for criminal cartels.”

而且，最近Aridjis和Ramey 在世界郵報上寫文章說，物理設施“在危險區域或許有教化作用”，“因爲太陽能發電廠的安全措施會防止入侵者進入太陽能電池板邊緣，這實際上會行成一個重要的柵欄來減少邊境漏洞，同時爲邊境雙方製造重要的經濟環境和安全保障。使爲犯罪集團運輸毒品的武裝和罪犯難度加大。”

Since sunlight roughly falls equally on both near sides of the border the obvious question is why shouldn’t the U.S. mirror this project on its territory doubling the energy capacity (and thus reducing costs) the jobs and the border security?

因爲陽光這種資源對邊境雙方來說都沒差，問題就是，爲什麼不能在邊境的美國那邊也弄一個同樣的太陽能發電廠，讓能源效能、工作機會、邊境安全都翻倍，並且能減少成本？

Such a project seems a compelling candidate for some of the president-elect’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan. California could invest revenues from its cap and trade system toward this end. It could also as needed issue revenue bonds paid for not by the taxpayer but out of energy usage fees. Either way a solar border would help significantly in meeting California’s legal commitment to reduce greenhouse gases to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

對於川普所提議的1萬億美元基建計劃來說，這樣的項目似乎是很有吸引力的。加州可以將排污系統中所獲得受益投資於該項目，還可以根據需要發行收益擔保債券，不是由納稅人支付，而是通過能源使用費支付。無論如何，邊境太陽能項目對加州就在2030年前減少40%溫室氣體排放從而低於1990年水平的法律承諾的實現非常有幫助。

Another source of financing could come from the new Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank or AIIB which is set up for just this kind of project across the Pacific Basin as well as Eurasia. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been arguing that despite other conflicts there are “win-win” possibilities for the U.S. and China. Unfortunately the U.S. made a strategic mistake in not joining the AIIB even though other close allies such as Great Britain France Germany and Australia have. Mexico has stayed out under U.S. pressure.

另外的財政來源將來自於新的以中國爲首的亞洲基建投資銀行AIIB。該銀行就是爲了太平洋盆地以及亞歐大陸的類似項目而成立的。中國主席席近平聲稱儘管有其它衝突，但是仍有對美和中國來說是雙贏的可能性。不幸的是，美國犯了戰略錯誤而沒有加入該銀行，儘管其親密盟友英國，法國，德國和澳洲都加入了。墨西哥在美國壓力下沒有加入。

If a President Trump were to make joining the AIIB an early priority of his administration it would show that he is willing to cooperate with China as well as confront it when necessary. Mexico then would also likely join. Former CIA director Jim Woolsey a Trump adviser has publicly argued that the U.S. should correct the U.S. “mistake” and become a member of the AIIB.

假設特朗普總統在他當政初期就打算讓美國加入AIIB（亞洲基礎設施投資銀行），這表明他願意與中國合作，且如有必要他願正面直視中國。那時墨西哥將也可能加入。前CIA（中央情報局）局長吉姆伍爾西，特朗普的顧問，已公開主張美國應該糾正自己的“錯誤”併成爲AIIB的一員。

As dealmaker-in-chief a President Trump could probably even negotiate a concessionary rate with the AIIB for the sake of furthering peace and fighting climate change a Chinese priority. He could also convincingly argue that this is one way for China to recirculate the some $3 trillion in reserves it has accumulated as a result of the trade surplus with the United States.

作爲首席交易官的總統川普爲了進一步推進和平和抵抗氣候變化（中國的優先事項）甚至可以通過談判獲得AIIB的優惠條款。他甚至還可以據理力爭的聲稱這是中國再流通自己與美國貿易順差所積累的3萬億美元儲備的一種方式。