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首先，奧巴馬在ＡＰＥＣ元首峯會上硬銷「跨太平洋戰略經濟夥伴關係協定」（ＴＰＰ）。此自由貿易區將包括美國、日本、澳洲、新西蘭、新加坡、越南、汶萊、智利和秘魯九國。但華盛頓並沒有邀請中國加入，而北京的官員與學者都視ＴＰＰ為美國與中國爭奪在亞洲經貿主導權的撒手鐧。新華社的評論指出，華府推ＴＰＰ「是為了提升美國在亞太地區的主導權」，同時「美國希望藉此制訂新的國際貿易規則」。中方外交界私底下更表示ＴＰＰ是要削弱中國在亞太地區快速增長的經貿網路。公仔箱論壇3 T* h' m: H R) {- M" L' e k
Hey felicity, this is an extract from the Sydney Morning Herald today, # Y" N* q1 n4 H# r9 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。# I: z1 n) X% F; ~ No reason to get even closer to Uncle Sam公仔箱論壇: p* ?1 b9 f, W- i! p
November 15, 2011. Political editor Peter Harcher.6 ]3 T2 B1 E0 y# }% e4 u/ m
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....... / R) o+ s% H( F6 MBut 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. # `5 A$ Q, d$ \3 I4 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' t. B2 v+ ] bTVBNOW 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 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. 5 P7 N3 F' Z, L, C- l6 q5.39.217.76 2 Y3 x- e0 ?" p2 Z' ^1 N- P( {" pTVBNOW 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。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/ f' O/ d0 C2 j. y2 l: v5 y5 N. [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : v& t3 A0 k! Q8 j+ x9 X( p& }( k xThe 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. . p) u( q# ?9 `. j公仔箱論壇5 N8 X8 N5 o1 g* B9 `
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."TVBNOW 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。. \1 ~; X5 V8 } r
9 r# S* m, c: d+ \* G5.39.217.76Australia 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.公仔箱論壇& _: ~# m9 X2 k, \% O0 w
# y0 w4 |3 Q- P6 A; DTVBNOW 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。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. 0 o0 C+ T& s4 O; h6 |+ t0 ?5.39.217.76! k: A5 Z1 g) Y J2 o6 u4 `" x+ e
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.5.39.217.76( n/ `! V0 c' u" D7 h9 S
! r7 v! J4 q7 g; D+ Y& T R公仔箱論壇Beijing 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.9 q1 S [: }" Z" B/ j, K& R1 \" M0 ?
) u; W' A h* |( q' pIn 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
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