4 |% Z, k) w; A, V美國雖然國力大不如前,但畢竟是亞太地區的老大哥,美國的疲弱經濟使奧巴馬明年連任選戰亮起紅燈,但假如這位「太平洋總統」成功地在亞太地區一洗美國的頹氣,並一舉壓低中國巨龍的氣燄的話,對奧巴馬在國內外的聲譽大有幫助!看來中美惡鬥將好戲連場作者: norman.ho 時間: 2011-11-15 09:03 AM
Hey felicity, this is an extract from the Sydney Morning Herald today, 8 B, {2 r& q* @! y' W, U T3 B5.39.217.765.39.217.761 E% Q' d: U- h1 o No reason to get even closer to Uncle Sam& ?. E3 [% E6 F
November 15, 2011. Political editor Peter Harcher.: W4 W0 k+ `3 n6 h) m
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But the US trade and currency agenda with China is another matter altogether. The wise and far-sighted US policy for the past couple of decades was to work hard to bring China into the global rules-based system. Rather than having a rising giant outside the system breaking the rules, Washington wanted China in the system, playing by the rules.公仔箱論壇9 h, N8 G2 H4 _( \' i6 d
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It worked. China signed up to, among other things, the World Trade Organisation. But now the Obama administration is seeking to shift the ground rules, moving the goalposts. 0 p6 n7 |0 E. |1 H+ f$ T2 n0 p9 q3 k- y" B1 e9 S$ u% `
A bizarre contrast presented itself in Hawaii at the APEC gathering at the weekend - the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, argued world trade agreements should be based on the global WTO system, while the US president recruited other countries, including Australia, for his little regional trade sub-group, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. , D+ o' `4 `) X& d4 A公仔箱論壇+ J+ {# K, |8 A2 H
The WTO's latest round of negotiations is moribund and the US should be reviving it. Instead, it is rounding up the TPP countries that take all of 6 per cent of US exports. It's insignificant as a trade bloc.公仔箱論壇1 V; P+ d- D- p, _$ K; a
3 l+ }0 ?) q1 L( i9 M0 ~! eTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。It's a posse to get China, which is not a member. "It's all about China," says an American trade expert, Bruce Stokes, of the German Marshall Fund in Washington. "The White House is hoping that if this thing gets big enough, China will one day want to join. The hidden agenda is that they will only admit it if China accepts a high standard of policing for its state-owned enterprises."5.39.217.761 x. q$ U, S$ J* s
5 h8 m* ^# R% J+ `' ]7 a0 L2 M5.39.217.76Australia signed up to the TPP in the Bush years; it's a done deal. But Canberra should not sign up to the next US agenda item, which is to threaten China over its managed currency, accusing China of currency manipulation to win unfair export advantage. $ Q" W1 k8 p" O# h; q Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇1 Z" H8 I& C& s. d
The global rules-based system in no way bans countries from pegging or managing exchange rates. Indeed, the US was the centrepiece of the global fixed exchange rate system until the early 1970s.6 ~: y5 J# r9 g; f+ u
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And the US has not stopped manipulating its currency; it's just got subtler. One of the aims of the US Federal Reserve in flooding the world with $US1.8 trillion in US dollars in the past three years is to devalue the currency. It's devaluation by hyperliquidity. / g0 x4 Y0 Z2 \/ T: H- r6 q3 j& Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' q) x6 N( w& \0 c" j" n7 a5.39.217.76Beijing has allowed the renminbi to appreciate by 30 per cent in recent years against the US dollar. This has solved none of America's problems. The US campaign against China's currency policy is misguided. Australia has remained aloof so far and should remain so, even under the hypnotic power of the high-beam smile of a US president in person.5.39.217.76: Q8 c1 h+ p4 |- d0 d4 k
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In strategic and military matters and trade and currency matters alike, the world has a deep interest in keeping China in the global rules-based system. If the Americans occasionally lose sight of this in the economic realm, Australia should not abet its lapses. We are an ally, not an accomplice. 作者: jcar168 時間: 2011-11-15 09:47 AM