共同主导作用已成定局 自二次大战结束后至今的大部分时间,美国一直是环太地区中的经济霸权国家。然而,八十年代以来,随着美国的贸易赤字急剧增加,美国的经济优势逐步丧失,对这一地区经济的主导作用日渐削弱。与美国的情况相反,日本的经济迅速崛起,1988年人均GNP超过了美 Co-dominating is a foregone conclusion Mostly since the end of the Second World War, the United States has been the economic hegemony in the Pacific Rim. However, since the 1980s, as the U.S. trade deficit has risen sharply, the U.S. economic advantage has been gradually lost and the leading role of the economy has been weakened. In contrast to the United States, Japan’s economy has rapidly risen, with GNP per capita exceeding that of the United States in 1988