在第二次世界大战结束以后的许多年里,美国是世界经济的巨人。美国人的生活水准是世界上最高的,而且美国往往是利用战后出现的新技术生产的产品的唯一来源。由于肯定自己在经济上具有优势,美国的企业和劳工领袖一致认为,自由贸易是符合国家利益的;外国的繁荣对美国是有益的。美国的国际经济政策是建立在多边原则上的,即认为国际经济政策不仅应当用来增加美国的力量,而且也要用于使市场对所有人开放。尽管美国对世界经济很 For many years after the end of World War II, the United States was a giant in the world economy. The standard of living of Americans is the highest in the world, and the United States is often the sole source of products that use the new technologies that emerged after the war. By affirming its economic superiority, U.S. business and labor leaders unanimously agree that free trade is in the national interest; foreign prosperity is good for the United States. The U.S. international economic policy is based on the multilateral principle that international economic policies should not only be used to increase the power of the United States, but also be used to make the market open to all. Although the United States is very much in the world economy