Petrol prices in the US, after doubling last year, are now back to relatively cheap rates compared with Europe and Obama would take a big political risk by slapping on big tax rises.
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虽然美国从利比亚进口的原油非常少,但是全世界高质量原油的减少也推高了美国石油和汽油价格。
Even though the United States relies very little on Libya for imports, the reduction of high-quality crude on world markets has pushed up oil and gasoline prices for Americans as well.
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以汽油价格为例,与美国人和欧洲人相比,对中国司机来说其价格上涨得更快,尽管其绝对价格仍然很低。
Petrol prices, for example, have been going up even faster for Chinese drivers than they have for Americans or Europeans, although they remain low in absolute terms.