The United States has become a debtor nation again and most of the Common Market is in the same boat. The ROC by contrast, has substantial foreign exchange reserves and foreign debt of only US $ 5 billion.
如此鉅額逆差，必須靠向國外大量借款來融通，所以美國已從過去全世界最大的債權國，變成了債務國。歐洲共同市場國家中，除了西德與愛爾蘭以外，一九八四年也都呈大量逆差。