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Lesson 5 U.S. Is Prepared to See Trade Relations Worsen 美国已做好准备任凭其贸易关系恶化 By Peter Behr Washington Post Service 1. WASHINGTON—The Clinton administration is drawing the first lines of a tougher U.S. policy on trade, signaling to Europe and Japan that it will demand fairer treatment for American exports and is prepared to see relationships with U.S. trading partners get worse before they get better. 克林顿政府正计划推行强硬的贸易政策路线，由此向欧洲和日本发出信号要求其更为公正的对待美国的出口，同时也表示美国政府已做好准备对待贸易关系恶化而非改善的状况。 2. The strongest signal came last week, when Mickey Kantor, the U.S. trade representative, moved quickly to cite the 12-n