If there is one thing on which Joe Biden and most of the world would agree it is the failure of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. The US global trade deficit grew by almost 40 per cent during Trump’s time in office — the yardstick he most cared about.
如果說有一件事能夠得到喬•拜登(Joe Biden)和世界大多數人的認同，那就是唐納•川普(Donald Trump)的「美國優先」(America First)外交政策失敗了。在川普執政期間，其最關心的衡量標準——美國的全球貿易逆差成長了近40%。
Biden, by contrast, has adopted a much fuzzier measure for diplomatic success — the health of America’s middle class. Every step will be assessed by its impact on ordinary Americans.
相比之下，拜登在外交成功方面採取了一種模糊得多的衡量標準——美國中產階級的健康。每一項舉措都將根據其對普通美國人的影響進行評估。
Biden’s “foreign policy for the middle class” has an attractive ring to it. Like all good slogans it refreshes the brand. But it is not clear how different his product will actually be.
拜登的「服務於中產階級的外交政策」聽起來很有吸引力。像所有好的口號一樣，它能讓品牌煥然一新。但目前還不清楚他的產品到底會有多大的不同。
