The US does have a serious balance of payments deficit but its position is very different in that it still has a large manufacturing base and the dollar is the currency of world trade.

• 美国确实有严重的购买赤字（逆差），但是它的地位非同一般，其特殊之处在于它拥有庞大的工业基础，并且美元还是世界贸易的通用货币。