英若退歐或需10年談判英美貿易協定

The UK could have to wait up to a decade to negotiate new trade deals with the US if it leaves the EU, Barack Obama said as he stepped up his warnings against Brexit.

巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)加強了他對英國退歐的反對，聲稱如果英國退出歐盟(EU)，可能要等上10年才能和美國談判達成新的貿易協定。

The US president has prompted the wrath of Eurosceptic campaigners by warning that Britain would lose influence if it left the bloc.

美國總統警告稱，英國如果離開歐盟將失去影響力，這一說法激怒了英國退歐陣營的積極分子。

Last week, during a press conference at the Foreign Office, he warned that the UK would have to go to the “back of the queue” if it wanted to sign a new trade deal with his country.

上週，在英國外交部(Foreign Office)的一場新聞發佈會上，奧巴馬警告稱，如果英國想要和美國簽署新的貿易協定，英國將不得不排到“隊尾”。

On Sunday, he spelt out what that meant, saying: “It could be five years from now, 10 years from now before we were able to actually get something done.”

週日，他進一步亮明瞭這句話的含義，稱：“從現在起可能要花上5年，10年，我們才能實際上辦成一些事情。”

Europe was the US’s largest trading partner, Mr Obama said, adding that the UK would have “less influence in Europe and, as a consequence, less influence globally” if it left the EU.

奧巴馬錶示，歐洲是美國最大的貿易伙伴，他補充說，如果英國離開歐盟，英國“在歐洲的影響力會減弱，在全球的影響力也會隨之減弱”。

His warning over trade has angered UK campaigners for leaving the EU, including Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who dismissed Mr Obama’s comments as “utter tosh”.

他在貿易方面的警告激怒了英國退歐陣營的積極分子，包括英國獨立黨(UKIP)領導人奈傑爾•法拉奇(Nigel Farage)，後者稱奧巴馬的評論是“一派胡言”。

Mr Farage accused the president of “coming to London to threaten us” with empty claims. “Who cares what the US wants? It’s what we want that matters,” he said.

法拉奇指責美國總統用空洞的主張“到倫敦來威脅我們”。“誰在乎美國想要什麼？我們想要什麼才重要，”他說。