The strained U.S.-China trade relationship poses a frontal challenge to the multilateral trading system and has broad repercussions for international law. This Article addresses three dimensions of this relationship: (1) the economic dimension; (2) the geopolitical/national security dimension; and (3) the normative/social policy dimension. The Article advances a middle ground between those seeking to reinforce the World Trade Organization (WTO) system with new rules that limit the state's role in the economy, and those who reject WTO constraints in favor of a power-based system. It proposes pragmatic reforms to govern the interface of the two states’ respective systems across these three dimensions to facilitate ongoing exchange while giving each country latitude to protect itself from the externalities of the other's policies. The result would be greater room for bilateral and plurilateral bargaining, but conducted within the umbrella of the multilateral system.

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管理美中贸易关系的界面

紧张的美中贸易关系对多边贸易体系构成正面挑战，对国际法产生广泛影响。本条涉及这种关系的三个方面：（1）经济方面；(2) 地缘政治/国家安全层面；(3) 规范/社会政策维度。这篇文章在寻求通过限制国家在经济中的作用的新规则来加强世界贸易组织 (WTO) 体系的人与那些拒绝世贸组织限制而支持以权力为基础的体系的人之间取得了中间立场。它提出了务实的改革，以管理两国各自系统在这三个方面的接口，以促进持续的交流，同时给予每个国家保护自己免受对方政策外部性影响的自由度。