美国在九十年代所处的国际环境已与过去四十年迥然不同,而美国的全球战略以及对亚太地区的战略调整正在形成,其中对亚太经济战略的调整基本出台,它对包括中国在内的亚太地区的对外经济关系将产生一定的影响。作为全球战略的一部分,美国在战后对亚太地区的战略也是基本上依靠了两个支柱,即遏制与自由贸易。前者是通过以美国为领导的军事联盟,保障西方世界的安完;后者则是通过经济联系的扩大,维持以美国为主导地位的世界市场。这两项战略无论成 The international environment in which the United States was in the 1990s has been quite different from that of the past four decades. The U.S. global strategy and its strategic readjustment to the Asia-Pacific region are taking shape. The adjustment of the Asia-Pacific economic strategy has basically taken shape. Of the foreign economic relations in the Asia Pacific region will have some impact. As part of the global strategy, the United States has basically relied on the two pillars of post-war strategies for the Asia-Pacific region to curb and free trade. The former guarantees the security of the western world through a military alliance led by the United States and the latter maintains a world market dominated by the United States through the expansion of economic ties. Either of these two strategies