China Expands. Europe Rises. And the United States ….

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Author(s): Kaplan, Fred
Source:
New York Times. 12/26/2004, Vol. 154 Issue 53075, Week in Review p6-6. 999p.
Subject Terms:
*POWER (Social sciences); *INTERNATIONAL relations; *U.S. dollar; *EURO; *ECONOMICS of war; UNITED States politics & government

Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
  CHINA; EUROPEAN Union countries
- Abstract:
  Analyzes why the United States is losing its economic power. Failure of translating its military power into an economic influence; European Union's increase of import tariffs on American products; Decision of Chinese president Hu Jintao to invest in Latin America; Decline in the value of the dollar against the euro; Economic cost of the Iraq war; Questions on whether the U.S. can remain indispensable in world politics.