美國經濟

Intentions in tatters-Part I

The eurozone has been attracting plenty of opprobrium for its dysfunctional handling of the sovereign debt crisis. But as François Baroin, French finance minister, mischievously pointed out on a recent trip to Washington, the US also has problems. Whereas managing the euro requires laborious consultations with 17 national parliaments, he said, “here you seem to be having enough trouble with just one”.

This week should have been a rare triumph for White House international economic policy. After protracted squabbling with, and inside, Congress, bilateral trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia negotiated four or five years ago by George W. Bush’s administration are finally coming up for ratification.

But another vote on Capitol Hill last week was potentially far more important than three bilateral trade deals, which are of minor economic significance. The Senate alarmed many supporters of free trade by pushing forward aggressive legislation to punish China for manipulating its currency.

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