2009年 02月 13日
ショックを受けるカナダ |
昨日発表された対米貿易赤字額でビックリしているカナダですが、「そろそろアメリカとの関係を本気で考えたほうがいいんじゃね？」というコラムが。
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Canada has no choice but to go global
by LAWRENCE MARTIN
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
（中略）
While the American economy will rebound (it always rebounds) from this stretch of penury, it won't be like the old days. With the encroachment of Asian powers, such as China and India, the global courtyard will no longer be a Yankee esplanade. The American century is over, and for this country the ramifications will accrue. We will be forced, whether we like it nor not, to find other pastures.
That will come as good news to many. We'll make progress in getting out from under the American shadow – as beneficial as that shadow has often been – and become more of a global player. As British power began to wane a century ago, we moved off the British dependency. As American power wanes now, we move, though to a lesser extent, off the American dependency. Goodbye, colonial trappings.
The notion of this country, Canada, as a global nation has always been a bit of a joke. When more than 80 per cent of your trade is limited to one neighbouring country – not to mention a cultural engulfment of similar proportions – you're parochial, not global. But those trade numbers dropped to the low-70s percentage range in the past couple of years and are now tumbling further.
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百年前はイギリス、そして今度はアメリカの植民地から脱出だ、というのはなんともカナダらしい考え方で（笑
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Canada has no choice but to go global
by LAWRENCE MARTIN
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
（中略）
While the American economy will rebound (it always rebounds) from this stretch of penury, it won't be like the old days. With the encroachment of Asian powers, such as China and India, the global courtyard will no longer be a Yankee esplanade. The American century is over, and for this country the ramifications will accrue. We will be forced, whether we like it nor not, to find other pastures.
That will come as good news to many. We'll make progress in getting out from under the American shadow – as beneficial as that shadow has often been – and become more of a global player. As British power began to wane a century ago, we moved off the British dependency. As American power wanes now, we move, though to a lesser extent, off the American dependency. Goodbye, colonial trappings.
The notion of this country, Canada, as a global nation has always been a bit of a joke. When more than 80 per cent of your trade is limited to one neighbouring country – not to mention a cultural engulfment of similar proportions – you're parochial, not global. But those trade numbers dropped to the low-70s percentage range in the past couple of years and are now tumbling further.
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百年前はイギリス、そして今度はアメリカの植民地から脱出だ、というのはなんともカナダらしい考え方で（笑
by masa_the_man
| 2009-02-13 12:25
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