美日之间的经济权力之争

US-Japanese Rivalry for Economic Power

80年代经济实力美消日长的趋势迅速加强。日本凭借经济实力争取在政治军事上增强对美独立和提高国际地位,谋取西方经济领导权。美国想通过借重和限制日本尽力保持其西方经济领导权。要不要按照经济实力对比变化决定权力分配,这是经济权力之争的症结。这场斗争对未来西方世界政治格局具有决定意义。

In the 1980s,America'seconomic might tended to decline while Japan became an economic giant.This trendis gathering force rapidly.Relying on its economic strength,Japan tries to bemore independent of the United States politically and militarily,enhance its in-ternational status and seeks a leadership role in the Western economy.The UnitedStates tries to maintain its own economic leadership role in the Western World,by taking advantage of Japan's economic strength while constraining its growth.The crux of US-Japanese rivalry lies in whether the weight of leadership powershould be determined by economic strength.This rivalry is a determinant in thefuture political structure of the Western world.