風蕭蕭_Frank
以文會友
China is the top trading partner to more than 120 countries.
中國是日本，韓國，越南和台灣的最大貿易夥伴。 鑒於它們的距離，這些國家並不令人驚訝。
但這也是俄羅斯和烏克蘭的頂級交易者。 在非洲，中國是南非和肯尼亞等國家的頂級夥伴。 在南美，在巴西等地方； 在中東，像沙特阿拉伯這樣的地方。 中國是歐盟最大的外部貿易夥伴。
雖然最近的貿易數據並未捕獲COVID-19或烏克蘭戰爭的所有影響，並且尚未發布Biden Administration與半導體相關的出口控製的最終細節，但很明顯，美國貿易統治時期 已經通過。
不清楚的是美國的政治貿易擁護者是誰。 2016年，當時的特朗普對諸如擬議的跨太平洋夥伴協議這樣的貿易交易的嚴厲批評是他成功競選的核心主題。 盡管克林頓政府一般的貿易記錄和她作為國務卿的支持，但候選人希拉裏·克林頓（Hillary Clinton）也反對這一記錄。 另一方麵，去年年底，參議員梅嫩德斯（Menendez）和波特曼（Portman），民主黨人和共和黨人向國務卿發了一封信，眨眼和貿易代表凱瑟琳·泰（Katherine Tai）強烈鼓勵政府開始與厄瓜多爾和烏拉圭的貿易談判，該談判將使用Bipartisan US-美國 - 墨西哥 - 加拿大貿易協定是與這些國家達成新貿易協定的基礎。
如今，與美國更牢固的貿易關係的渴望在我們的盟友中顯而易見。 例如，亞洲領導人鼓勵拜登政府加入跨太平洋夥伴關係的全麵和漸進式協議，這是美國政府在美國拒絕TPP之後由11個國家製定的協議 - 盡管拜登政府表示贏了' t支持該協議，除非進行重大更改。
簡而言之，許多國家正在尋找更強大的貿易機會。 盡管美國政策製定者似乎猶豫要追求這些機會，但中國在建立新的合作夥伴和協議方麵取得了進步。
China is the largest trading partner to Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Given their proximity, those countries are hardly a surprise.
But it is also the top trader with Russia—and Ukraine. In Africa, China is the top partner for countries like South Africa and Kenya. In South America, for places like Brazil; in the Middle East, places like Saudi Arabia. And China is the largest external trading partner of the European Union.
While recent trade data do not capture all of the fallout from COVID-19 or the war in Ukraine, and the final details of the Biden administration’s semi-conductor-related export controls have not been released, it’s clear that the days of America’s trade dominance have passed.
What’s less clear is who the political champions of trade are in the US. In 2016, then-candidate Trump’s harsh criticism of trade deals like the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was a central theme of his successful campaign. And despite the Clinton administration’s generally pro-trade track record and her own support of TPP as Secretary of State, candidate Hillary Clinton also opposed it. On the other hand, late last year, Senators Menendez and Portman, Democrat and Republican, sent a letter to Secretary of State Blinken and Trade Representative Katherine Tai strongly encouraging the administration to begin trade negotiations with Ecuador and Uruguay that would use the bipartisan US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement as the basis for new trade agreements with those countries.
The eagerness these days for stronger trade relations with the US is evident in our allies. Asian leaders, for example, have encouraged the Biden administration to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership—the accord crafted by 11 countries in the wake of the US rejection of TPP—though the Biden administration has indicated that it won’t support the agreement unless significant changes are made.
In short, a number of nations are looking for stronger trade opportunities. While US policymakers seem to be hesitating on pursuing those opportunities, China is making progress in building new partners and agreements.
EXPERTISE
- Development Policy
- Democracy and Human Rights
- Africa
- American Global Engagement and Leadership
FULL BIOGRAPHY
Ambassador Mark Green (ret.) serves as the President, Director, and CEO of Washington, DC’s Wilson Center. Wilson is unique among American policy institutes in that it’s Congressionally chartered, scholarship driven, and fiercely non-partisan and independent. Green is also the author of the “Stubborn Things” blog.
From 2017 to 2020, Green served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has also served as President of the International Republican Institute, Executive Director of the McCain Institute, President of the Initiative for Global Development, and senior director at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Green served as the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania from mid-2007 to early 2009, as well as four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin’s 8th District.
Green served on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation during both the Obama and Trump Administrations, and has served on the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Advisory Council and the Board of the Consensus for Development Reform. He holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from Georgetown University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. He has received special honors from President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and President Ivan Duque of Colombia.
