The real promise of freer transatlantic trade consists in its potential to transform global trade, production networks, and multilateral organizations to the benefit of all. At the most general level, it would act to rationalize the current system of four poorly functioning blocs – centered on China, Europe, the US, and the rest – to three, and eventually (and perhaps quite quickly) to two better-functioning blocs that would have little choice but to work well together: one dominated by China, and the other by the EU/US.
跨大西洋自由贸易区的真正前景在于它可能变革全球贸易、生产网络和多边组织来为所有人造福。从最普遍的层面来说，它会使当前这个由四个运作欠佳的集团（分别以中国、欧洲、美国和其他地区为核心）组成的体系合理化——各集团——变成三个，并最终（也许会很快）转化为两个运行得比较好的集团，这两个集团别无选择，只能选择一起同意合作：一个由中国主导，另一个由欧美主导。