澳门回归后，根据《基本法》规定，澳门可在经济、贸易、金融、旅游、文化等领域以“中国澳门”的名义与世界各国和地区保持和发展关系，签署和履行有关协议。在此情况下，一方面，澳门与美国在进出口贸易、金融投资、文化交流等方面的合作都有长足进展，尤其是赌权开放后，美资大举进入澳门，不仅推动了澳门博彩业的兴旺，也给澳门经济和社会生活带来深刻影响。另一方面，由于传统的历史文化渊源，澳门继续深化与欧盟在经贸、金融、人文、环保、卫生等多个领域的合作与交流，从而使澳门在促进中西方交流中重新赢得更多的发展机遇和更广阔的发展空间，提高了自身的国际地位。
After the sovereignty handover，Macao may maintain，develop relations and sign and implement agreements with other countries and regions in economic，trade，finance，tourism，culture and other fields in the name of “Macao，China” according to the “Basic Law”. In this case，on the one hand，the relationship between Macao and the United States has come a long way in terms of import and export trade，finance or investment as well as in areas like cultural exchanges. In particular，after the opening of the gambling right the US capital poured into Macao，which not only promoted Macao’s gaming industry flourish in recent years，but also brought about a profound impact to Macao’s economic and social life. On the other hand，due to the traditional historical cultural origins，Macao and EU continue to deepen the cooperation and exchange in economic，trade，financial，cultural，environmental，health and other fields，thereby Macao regains more opportunities and broader space for development in the promotion of exchanges between China and the West，and raises its international status.
