Japan and Europe are not used to thinking of themselves as collateral damage in other countries’ trade wars. The EU in particular, the largest trading bloc by the amount of exports and imports for goods and services, is more used to dictating terms than to obeying them. So it is something of a comedown for Tokyo and Brussels to find their main role in the continuing US-China trade conflict is to try to duck out of the way and attempt to channel the torrents of American anger at Beijing down the canals of multilateralism.
日本和欧洲不习惯把自己看成是其他国家之间贸易战的附带损害。特别是按货物和服务进出口量计算是最大贸易集团的欧盟，更习惯制定条款，而不是遵守条款。因此，对东京和布鲁塞尔来说有点下不来台的是，发现它们在持续的美中贸易冲突中的主要角色是试图避开锋芒，并尝试将美国对北京方面的愤怒引导到多边主义渠道上。
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