白宮:川普有多種辦法讓墨西哥爲邊界牆出錢

The White House says President Donald Trump has a "buffet of options" on how to get Mexico to pay for the wall he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexican border.

白宮表示，川普總統有多種辦法讓墨西哥爲修建美墨邊界牆出錢。

Earlier Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Trump wanted to slap a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexico. He said the new tax would raise $10 billion a year and "easily pay for the wall." He also said the president discussed the idea with congressional leaders and wanted to include the measure in a comprehensive tax reform package that Congress would have to approve.

白宮發言人斯派塞星期四早些時候說，川普總統將會向墨西哥徵收20%的進口稅。他說，新的稅收政策將會帶來一年100億美元的收入，並能輕鬆支付修牆的費用。斯派塞又表示，川普總統與國會領導人討論了這個提議，希望把這個措施加入需要國會批准的全面稅務改革方案中。

But later, the White House said the idea is just one of several options on the table for paying for a wall along the southern border. And it said Trump has yet to make a final decision about how the U.S. will recoup the costs of his proposed border wall.

不過後來白宮又說，這個提議只是支付修牆費用多種方案中的一種。白宮還說，川普總統還沒有最後決定如何來彌補修建邊界牆的這筆費用。

U.S. taxpayers initially would foot the bill for the wall, which is expected to cost as much as $15 billion.

這筆高達150億美元的費用最初可能由美國納稅人來買單。

It is unclear what retaliatory steps Mexico could take if the border tax is approved, because exports to the U.S. are essential to the Mexican economy.

目前還不清楚如果邊界稅的措施被批准，墨西哥會採取什麼樣的報復行動，因爲向美國出口是墨西哥經濟的重要來源。

Earlier Thursday, Mexican President Enrique Pe?a Nieto cancelled next week's meeting with Trump in Washington after Trump said the talks should be called off if Mexico keeps insisting it will not pay for the wall.

墨西哥總統涅託星期四早些時候取消了下星期與川普在華盛頓的會晤，因爲川普說，如果墨西哥堅持不出錢修建邊界牆，會談就不必舉行了。