THE NEW STRATEGY ADOPTED BY AMERICA IN ITS ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN 1990’S Xiao Lian（70） The contradiction, coordination, and operation both inside and outside of the structure of three poles (America, Europe and Japan) with multiple ties brought about by the changes in world economic patterns will directly and indirectly affect the trend of world economy, especially the American economy. America’s absolute economic strength will continue to grow in the nineties. With the rise of Japan and Europe, America’s relative economic strength will somewhat decline. With the cold war at and end America will be able to devote increasingly more financial resources to domestic economic development. She will thus be able to play a leading role in the structure of three poles with multiple ties all over the global economy.