But it was the free-trading U.S. that raised the protectionist specter, while the putatively communist country couched its objection in business terms.

• 但是，一向鼓吹自由贸易的美国引起了人们对保护主义的恐惧，而被认为是共产主义国家的中国却是用商业措辞表达了它的拒绝。