The challenge will be to overcome political resistance – no small feat at a time when domestic polarization has made politicians wary of publicly supporting economic multilateralism. The repeated rejection by the US Congress of a much more limited set of reforms – which was approved by most other countries in 2010-12, imposes no incremental financial obligations on the US, and implies no reduction in America’s voting power or influence – is a case in point.
挑战在于克服政治阻力。如今，国内政治极化导致政客害怕公开支持经济多边主义，这是个不小的障碍。美国国会一再拒绝程度极为有限的改革方案就是明证。该改革方案在2010—2012年间已获得大部分其他国家的批准，并不会实质性增加美国的金融义务，也不会减少美国的投票权和影响力。