“经济战”是个较新的概念,越来越多地被使用,但是,它难免不明确,甚至模棱两可;它有多种含义。早在几年前,“经济战”这一用语尚未列入《拉鲁斯词典》,只是在不久前才列入。1989年版《插图小拉鲁斯词典》中,对“经济战”下了这样的定义:“大国之间与武装冲突平行或 Economic warfare is a relatively new concept that is being used more and more, but it is inevitably ambiguous and even ambiguous; it has multiple meanings. As early as a few years ago, the term ”economic warfare“ was not included in the ”Lullabs Dictionary“, only recently. In the 1989 edition of the Illustrated Lesser Lulos Dictionary, the definition of ”economic warfare“ was as follows: ”The great powers are in parallel with armed conflicts or