達沃斯：奧巴馬臨陣缺席，卡梅倫趁虛而入

????卡梅倫想給小企業“創造就業機會的引擎，”讓他們免受歐盟繁重的監管約束。在美國，許多小企業提出，諸多監管負擔（包括奧巴馬醫改費用）在阻礙他們實現增長的一系列因素當中排在首位。

????卡梅倫計劃發揮表率作用，倡導“主動積極推動自由貿易協定，包括歐盟與美國之間的一項自由貿易協定。他認為，僅就歐盟而言，這項協定就將增加數百萬個就業機會。在奧巴馬總統執政下，美國與其他國家的自由貿易協定已經陷于停頓。而與此同時，其他國家彼此間卻達成了許多雙邊貿易協定。

????奧巴馬現在或許專注于美國國內事務，但各種事件總有辦法干擾他的計劃——本周奧巴馬總統宣誓就職之后，國務卿希拉里就去年9月班加西領館遇襲事件接受參議院外交委員會質詢，而候任國務卿約翰?克里在參院外交委員會舉行的聽證會上接受議員們的拷問。但卡梅倫把充滿活力而自由的全球市場看作是一股正義的力量。

????卡梅倫已經七次出席世界經濟論壇，其中三次是以英國首相的身份出席。對于具有民粹主義意識的奧巴馬總統而言，出席達沃斯論壇會議的想法并不適合：達沃斯論壇會議是金融精英們的大本營，是那1％階層中1％的頂尖人群，與會者都是那些“千萬富翁和億萬富翁”。正如他喜歡提醒選民的那樣，這些人并沒有分擔他們應該分擔的那部分美國財政負擔。

????然而卡梅倫很樂意挺身而出，主動肩負起重任，明確捍衛自由市場，同時他大膽計劃要力促形成公平競爭的環境。他說：“我對資本主義的熱情決不屈服于任何人。我決不容忍那些企圖妖魔化成功人士的人。”這番言論自然引出了一個問題：卡梅倫這番并不那么委婉的話針對的是奧巴馬嗎？（財富中文網）

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????Cameron wants to give small businesses, "engines of job creation," an exemption from burdensome EU regulations. In the U.S., small businesses cite regulatory burdens -- including the costs of Obamacare -- at the top of the list of factors holding back their growth.

????Cameron plans to lead the charge on "actively, aggressively" pushing for free trade agreements, including one between the European Union and the U.S. that he said would mean millions of jobs – on his side of the pond alone. Under Obama, free trade deals have ground to a halt, even as other countries continue to churn out bilateral agreements with each other.

????Obama may be home-focused, but events have a way of interrupting that intention -- following the inauguration this week, legislators hosted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a grilling on the attacks in Benghazi and Sen. John Kerry for a round of questions about potentially taking over Clinton's job. But Cameron sees a vigorous free global market as a force for good.

????Cameron has been to the WEF seven times; three as Prime Minister. For the populist-minded Obama, the optics of attending Davos don't fit: this is a viper's den of financial elites, the 1% of the 1%, brimming with "millionaires and billionaires" who -- he likes to remind voters -- don't carry their "fair share" of the nation's financial burden.

????But Cameron was more than pleased to step up to the plate as a clear champion of the free market, even as he makes bold plans to level the playing field. "I yield to no one in my enthusiasm for capitalism," he said. "I will have no truck with those who want to demonize the successful." Which begs the question: Did Cameron have his U.S. counterpart in mind with that not-so-subtle dig?