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The trade war between China and the US(中美贸易战)
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From Beijing to Berlin, from Washington to Wellington, workers, traders, investors, and consumers are wondering if a trade war is looming(逼近) between China and the US dragging(拉进) the whole world towards darkness. I don't know, but I know it takes enemies to fight a war.
Are America and China enemies now? Just let us go back 40 years. In the 1970s, when China reconnected with the world, America opened its arms, providing money, technology, and talents to a fragile(脆弱的) newcomer. By 2016, the trade surplus(贸易顺差) in favor of China has jumped from zero to three to 347 billion US dollars. Big problem.
The trade imbalance is really an issue of structure. Both America and China areflawed. In Aesop’s fables, there is the story of the blind and the limp(跛子), they forge(缔造) a partnership to help one another. The limp shows the direction, and the blind does most of the walking, the US is the limp, relying on cheap goods and credit from China to