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Couldn’t we stop the imports by imposing import taxes?
No: the EC wouldn’t allow it and even if they did it probably wouldn’t help. Other countries would respond in a similar manner and we would find those exports which we do have would be equally hit. Protectionism may be a realistic route for a country which has a large manufacturing base, but the UK has lost that base – it may lead to widespread pain as prices of large numbers of products go up sharply. This will be inflation in goods, but skewed towards imported goods. Real wages may fall significantly both from a devaluation itself and from higher unemployment.
Why hasn’t this been brought to our attention by the politicians?
It seems that most politicians simply don’t realise what is happening and have little concern for the UK's balance of payments position. They will only react either in the event of a crisis or when they are put under pressure. If a crisis is indeed inevitable, it will be better for the problems to be generally recognised sooner rather than later – as has been said, “the better the party the worse the hangover”. Perhaps it is time to stop the party.
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Answer 1

我们不能通过征收进口税来阻止进口吗？

不能。欧共体不允许这样做，而且即使他们允许，这样也不会有帮助。其他国家会用类似的方式来回应，我们会发现我们已有的那些出口贸易受到同等的伤害。保护主义对于一个拥有庞大工业基础的国家来说是现实的做法，但是英国已经失去了这样的工业基础——采取保护主义会伤害很多人，因为大量产品的价格会大幅上涨。这将会引起通货膨胀，但会向进口产品倾斜。由于货币贬值和更高的失业率，实际工资也会大幅降低。

为什么这些还没有引起我们政治家的注意呢？

似乎大多数的政客完全没有意识到现在正在发生什么，也毫不关心英国支出头寸的平衡。只有在经济危机中或者在巨大压力之下，他们才会作出反应。如果经济危机确实不可避免，越早让大众认识到问题的存在越好——就像谚语所说：“聚会越美好，宿醉越恼人。”或许现在是停止这聚会的时候了。

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