The policy plans announced by China, the euro area, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the US in the spring of 2007 – in the context of the IMF’s Multilateral Consultation on global imbalances – represent the international community’s response to the rising risks. The US is to reduce its deficit, with the surplus countries proposing sensible steps to bring down their surpluses in ways that support global growth.
在国际货币基金组织对全球贸易不平衡进行的多边磋商的背景下，中国、欧元区、日本、沙特阿拉伯和美国在2007年春季宣布的政策计划表明了国际社会对越来越严重的危机的反应。美国将削减它的赤字，而贸易顺差国家将采取明智的步骤逐步减少它们的贸易顺差以支撑全球经济的增长。