The relationship between the US and China is likely to determine humanity’s fate in the 21st century. It will determine whether there will be peace, prosperity and protection of the planetary environment, or the opposites. Should it be the latter, future historians (if any such actually exist) will surely marvel at the inability of the human species to protect itself against its own stupidity. Yet today, happily, we can still act to prevent disaster. That is true in many domains. Among these is economics. How then are economic relations to be best managed in the increasingly difficult future we confront?
美中關係很可能決定21世紀人類的命運。它將決定我們的未來是什麼樣子的——和平、繁榮並且我們行星的環境得到保護，還是一切都相反。如果是後一種情形，將來的史學家（如果將來還有史學家的話）肯定會感慨：在自己的愚蠢面前，人類竟然沒有能力自保。所幸的是，我們在今天還是能夠採取行動來防止災難發生。在許多領域都是如此，其中包括經濟。那麼，在我們將面對日益艱難的未來的情景下，最好應該怎樣管理國與國之間的經濟關係？