Thus China will be able to claim that its surplus has fallen sharply, even as its critics, in America and elsewhere, will continue to argue that it has barely budged in dollar terms.

• 因此，尽管中国声称它的贸易顺差正在急速下滑，但美国和别处的批评家们仍然认为，这种变化按美元计算微乎其微。