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By: Leon X The Economist
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Houthis, Nudge Theory, Eu Privacy Law, Foreign Policy

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Thursday November 26th 2020

2020年11月26日星期四

🌏Espresso — The world in brief

每日濃縮 — 世界概況

1️⃣Saudi Arabia v. Houthis: to the next level

沙烏地阿拉伯 vs. 葉門胡塞叛亂組織：進擊的衝突

A mine exploded off the coast of Saudi Arabia, damaging a Greek oil tanker. The ship’s hull was damaged but the crew were unharmed. The blast was possibly an attack by Houthis, who have battled the Saudis in Yemen’s civil war and who have recently targeted Saudi oil infrastructure, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting against them.

一枚地雷在沙烏地阿拉伯沿岸一處爆炸，波及一艘希臘籍油輪。雖然船體受損，但船員安然無恙。由沙國主導的軍事聯軍聲稱該爆炸可能是由葉門胡塞叛亂組織所為。(葉門的) 胡塞叛軍在其國內內戰中與沙國交戰，近期還將沙國的石油基礎設施作為攻擊的目標。

2️⃣EU v. Big Techs: the same old usual

歐盟 vs. 科技巨頭：老把戲玩不膩

The European Union revealed new legislation that would tighten data-privacy rules. The proposals would give Europeans greater choice over how they share their data and for what purpose. Internet giants, such as Alphabet and Facebook, which use personal data to target advertisements at users, are at risk of losing billions of dollars of revenue if the new rules become law.

歐盟透露新的立法規範將嚴格保護用戶的線上隱私。這些提案將使歐洲人在如何開放其線上資訊以及使用目的有更多選擇權/話語權。如果新的規則立法通過，互聯網巨頭如 Alphabet (Google 的母公司) 以及 Facebook 將有失去數十億美元收入的風險，因為這些科技巨頭 (長年慣於) 運用使用者的個人資訊以分析並投射 (特定) 廣告到使用者身上。

3️⃣Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer: the worst is yet to come

英國財政大臣：挫賽的還在後頭

Rishi Sunak, Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, said the country’s budget deficit will reach £394bn ($526bn), at 19% of GDP the highest in peacetime. Belt-tightening measures revealed in this year’s spending review included a pay freeze for some public-sector workers and cutting foreign aid. Expect more: the “economic emergency” caused by the pandemic has “only just begun”, Mr Sunak says.

英國財政大臣薩納克 (Rishi Sunak) 表示，英國的預算赤字將達到 3,940億英鎊 (約合 5,260億美元)，佔 GDP 的 19%，為 (二戰以來) 承平時期的最高峰。今年在支出審核中透露出拉緊褲帶 (意即節省支出) 的措施，包括部分公務人員的薪資凍結以及削減 (英國) 對外之援助。更進一步的措施是可預期的：薩納克表示疫情所造成的“經濟緊急危機”才剛要開始。

🔱Espresso — Today’s agenda

每日濃縮 — 今日頭條

🇺🇸Scrambled: Trump’s last-minute foreign policy

熱鍋上的螞蟻：川普下台前的外交政策

Besides ranting about the election, President Donald Trump has spent the past few weeks burnishing parts of his foreign-policy legacy before his term ends in January. He has banned investments in firms linked to the Chinese army by American companies and announced plans to cut American troop levels in Afghanistan by nearly half. Today he will impose new sanctions on remittances to Cuba, continuing his hawkish stance towards America’s long-standing foe. They may not last long: President-elect Joe Biden has promised to end some of Mr Trump’s punitive sanctions on Cuba. But whether Mr Biden will resume the broader thawing of relations that took place under the Obama administration is unclear. Some of Mr Trump’s other last-minute actions are more likely to stick. America’s entanglement in Afghanistan and exposure to China are both unpopular with the public — and, to some degree, with Mr Biden himself.

除了對選舉結果的抱怨以外，美國總統川普趁著在明年一月結束任期之前，利用過去幾個星期擦亮自己外交政策的成就。他已經禁止了與共軍有連結的美國企業投資，並宣佈裁撤半數美國在阿富汗駐軍的計畫。今天，他將對匯往古巴的款項實施新的制裁，進而持續他對於這個美國長期以來的敵人之鷹派立場。不過呢，由於總統當選人拜登已經承諾將終結川普 (在其任內) 某些對古巴的懲罰性制裁，因此這些措施將不會持續很久。但拜登是否會將美古關係恢復得比在歐巴馬時期的破冰解凍還更前衛？這仍然不明朗。然而，在最後這段期間，川普的某些政策行動很可能持續下去。像是美國與阿富汗間的糾纏、與中國的接觸對 (美國) 大眾來說都不太受歡迎，甚至在某種程度上，拜登自己也不太喜歡。

⚜️Daily takeaway⚜️

每日單字精選

✅Budget deficit (n.): 預算赤字 (名)

✅Peacetime (n.): 承平時期 (名)

✅Reveal (v.): 揭示 (動)

✅Public-sector (n.): 公部門 (名)

✅Data-privacy (n.): 數據隱私 (名)

✅Proposal (n.): 提案 (名)

✅Advertisement (n.): 廣告 (名)

✅Revenue (n.): 收入 (名)

✅Explode (v.): 爆炸 (動)

✅Oil tanker (n.): 油船 (名)

✅Civil war (n.): 內戰 (名)

✅Infrastructure (n.): 基礎設施 (名)

✅Coalition (n.): 聯軍、聯合政府、聯盟 (名)

✅Foreign policy (n.): 外交政策 (名)

✅Investment (n.): 投資、投資案 (名)

✅Remittance (n.): 匯款、匯兌 (名)

✅Long-standing (adj.): 長期的 (形)

✅Punitive (adj.): 懲罰性的 (形)

✅Entanglement (n.): 糾纏、糾葛 (名)

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