Is the dominance of the dollar about to fade away? Donald Trump insists that “if we lost the dollar as the world currency . . . that would be the equivalent of losing a war”. Yet he himself could be the cause of such a loss. Reliance on a foreign currency depends on trust in its own soundness and liquidity. Trust in the dollar has been slowly eroding for a while. Now, under Trump, the US has become erratic, indifferent and even hostile: why would one trust a country that has launched a trade war on allies?
美元会失去它的主导地位吗?唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)坚称:“如果我们失去美元作为世界货币的地位……那将相当于输掉一场战争。”然而,他本人可能正是导致美元失去这种地位的原因。我们能否依赖一种外国货币,取决于我们能否信任这种货币本身的稳健性和流动性。而对美元的信任处于被缓慢侵蚀的状态已经有一段时间了。如今,在特朗普治下,美国变得反复无常、冷漠甚至充满敌意:一个对盟友发起贸易战的国家,为什么还会获得信任呢?