We are now at a dangerous juncture in securing global economic recovery. The choice is between making a determined effort fully to implement the pledges made in the last two summits of the Group of 20, or to pursue the beggar-thy-neighbour path so disastrously taken in the 1930s. Unemployment is rising and, despite stimulus packages from Washington to Beijing, it will stay at very high levels for some time. In response, many politicians will push for trade and investment protectionism – indeed, they are already doing so.
我們正處在保證全球經濟走向復蘇的緊要關頭。我們面臨以下選擇:下定決心全面兌現前兩屆20國集團(G20)峰會的承諾;或者采取在上世紀30年代造成了災難性后果的“以鄰為壑”路線。失業率正在攀升,盡管從華盛頓到北京,各國都已出臺經濟刺激方案,但失業率仍將在未來一段時期居高不下。作為回應,許多政界人士將力圖在貿易及投資領域實行保護主義——的確,他們已經在這么做了。