中文摘要：

随着冷战的结束．两极对峙终结．国际政治经济结构发生变化，经济外交成为总体外交中最重要的组成部分之一。中国作为一个社会主义国家，奉行独立自主的和平外交政策，主张在平等互利的基础上与各国开展经济外交。在出现经济摩擦的情况下，中国从来都避免采取武力或经济制裁等硬性手段．主张在平等协商和谈判的基础上解决分岐。而作为冷战后世界上唯一的超级大国的美国．受其资本主义经济外交理念的支配．却将经济制裁作为其经济外交政策的核心。经济制裁是把“双刃剑”，有可能在国际政治中得以延续．但是如果不转变传统的制裁思维．经济制裁的最终破产又将是历史的必然。

英文摘要：

The ending of the cold war marked the switching of the internaitonal pohtics and economic structure and economic diplomacy began to grow important in international diplomacy.China has been persisting in following its diplomatic principles of purscuing equality and mutual benefit with other countries and always avoids uncompromising resorts whenever economic frictions arise.Win-win negotiations are what China tries to advocate.However,the U.S.tends to use economic sanctions as the core of its economic diplomacy.The paper points out that economic sanctions are a two-edged sword,which may continue to be wielded by the superpowers in the international politics,but it will not always work or even come to a useless weapon at the end if the holders do not change their blind belief of the power of economic sanctions.