Consider two issues that have been part of recent bilateral trade agreements pushed aggressively by the Bush administration. The crises in East Asia and the recent recessions in Latin America show that premature capital market liberalization can result in enormous economic volatility, increasing poverty, and destruction of the middle class.
作为布什政府不遗余力地推进的双边协定的一部分，有两个问题值得深思。东亚的危机和拉美最近的经济衰退显示了不成熟的资本市场自由化能造成严重的经济不稳定，加重贫困并给中产阶级带来毁灭性的打击。