WASHINGTON — As European finance officials descended on the U.S. capital this week for the IMF-World Bank spring meetings, they sought to engage the Americans on the existential economic issues facing the continent: from the economic fallout from the Iran war to threats facing the global financial system to support for Ukraine. Despite their best attempts, their messaging seems to be lost in translation as the U.S. focuses on an economic arms race with China and its foreign policy goals.   In