Despite US measures against imports of Chinese tires, the level of protectionism has been much lower than in the 1930’s and than many observers predicted. Moreover, Obama used the crisis to accomplish what many had suggested for years: transform the G-8 into a broader institutional framework of a G-20 that includes the major emerging economies.
如果不是奥巴马，我们很难避免这种灾难的局面出现，还有什么比这个更为重要的呢？要想取得如此的成功，这不仅需要国内的经济刺激方案，更要国际间的相互协调。出乎一些观察人士的预测，除了对中国轮胎加收关税之外，美国的保护主义措施远远低于1930年代水平。而且，奥巴马还利用经济危机的机会，做成了多年以来一直没有的做成的事情：将8国集团扩充到20国集团，在其中增加了一些主要的新兴市场国家。