In other words, from this perspective, the world’s two richest and most powerful economic spaces, the European Union and the US, are bound to be rivals, even when they are allies.
换句话讲，如果从这个角度看，世界上最富有也最强大的两大经济体欧盟和美国注定只能是对手，即使它们结成同盟也改变不了这样的事实。