But since Puerto Rico is a territory, not a city, it is not allowed to use Chapter 9 without achange in US law. This seems unlikely to occur soon, since parts of the Republican party fearthat letting Puerto Rico use Chapter 9 would prompt other American entities, such as Illinois, todefault too.
但是,既然波多黎各是领地而不是城市,如果不修订美国法律,《破产法》第9章对波多黎各是不适用的。看来美国不太可能很快修订相关法律,因为部分共和党人担心,允许波多黎各适用《破产法》第9章将促使伊利诺伊州等其他美国实体也会违约。
The result, then, is stalemate. Thankfully, the situation is not (yet) bad enough to spark a full-blown crisis; but piles of “unpayable debt have a nasty way of sapping confidence andgrowth. Or to put it another way, the next time that US officials lecture eurozone leaders ontheir failure to sort out Greece, they should glance at their own backyard first; or better still,take resolute action — say, by reforming that Chapter 9 code.
那么,结果就是僵局。幸运的是,局势(还)没有糟糕到引发全面危机的地步;但大量“无法偿还的债务会严重地打击信心、削弱增长。或换言之,下一次美国官员们数落欧元区领导人无力解决希腊危机时,他们应该首先看一下自己的后院;更好的结果是他们采取果断的措施,比如说修改《破产法》第9章。
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