尽管中美关系的第四阶段并非冷战（因为双方存在非常高的相互依存关系 ） ， 但也要比典型的贸易纠纷（如美国最近就进入加拿大奶制品市场问题与加拿大产生的冲突）对立得多。
While this fourth phase of the relationship is not a cold war, owing to the high degree of interdependence, it is much more than a typical trade dispute like, say, America’s recent clash with Canada over access to that country’s dairy market.