事实上，美国国会一直没有批准2010年达成一致的IMF改革方案，如若改革实施，则中国等国家将拥有更大的决策影响力。 美国的这一做法保护了西欧 — — 西欧国家是现状的最大受益者。
Indeed, the US Congress has consistently failed to ratify a package of IMF reforms, agreed in 2010, that would give countries like China greater say in decision-making – a failure that protects Western Europe, whose members benefit most from the status quo.