国际货币基金组织（IMF）研究人员的报告显示，美国进口商和消费者在为美国对中国商品征收的关税买单。请看本报周五的报道：

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Wednesday that American importers and consumers are footing the bill for the U.S. administration’s tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, and the levies won’t resolve the trade imbalance between the two economies.

In a blog post titled “Taming the Currency Hype,” co-authors Gustavo Adler, Luis Cubeddu and Gita Gopinath argued that imposing tariffs is counterproductive to tackling currency overvaluation because “tariffs and exchange rates work differently.”

报道中的foot the bill就是“买单”，因为在账单的最下方签名表示认可收费项目，愿意付帐。例如：

Let me foot the bill, if you don’t mind.

如果你不介意，就让我付帐吧。