In Europe, the currency union has exacerbated this problem.

在欧洲，货币同盟加剧了这一问题。

Like Greece, Puerto Rico is a chronically uncompetitive place locked in a currency union with a richer, more productive neighbour.

正如希腊一样，波多黎哥是一个长期没有竞争力的地方。被闭锁在和更加富裕与生产率更高的邻国建立的货币联盟之中。

If the currency union brings nothing but stagnation, joblessness and deflation, then some people will eventually vote to leave the euro.

如果货币联盟只带来经济停滞、失业和通货紧缩，有人最终会投票离开该联盟。

The currency union has a history of such divergence.

货币联盟有过这种分歧的历史。

If the two Latin American countries were to form a currency union at today's exchange rate, Argentina would find itself at a hefty competitive disadvantage.

如果这两个拉美国家以目前的汇率组成一个货币联盟，阿根廷将在竞争中处于严重劣势。

That would mean that the European Union is not only not an optimal currency union, something that economists have already stressed, but it's also a very profoundly dysfunctional political project.

这意味着欧盟不仅不是一些经济学家一直强调最为理想的货币联盟, 而且也是一个非常深刻运转失灵的政治体系。

Mr Draghi urged all sides try to negotiate to end the Greek debt crisis to go the extra mile and said the ongoing crisis exposed the weaknesses of the currency union.

德拉基敦促各方努力协商以终结希腊债务危机，称目前的危机暴露了欧元区这一货币联盟的弱点。