foreign trade, external trade

基本解釋

The main results are:the effect of foreign direct investment, external trade on Shaan-xi's economic growth are languishing.
研究結(jié)果表明：外商直接投資、對(duì)外貿(mào)易對(duì)陜西經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)有明顯的促進(jìn)作用。
Only in the external sector (reducing barriers to trade and foreign direct investment) and, partially, in banking have reforms been successful.
只有在對(duì)外部門(mén)（減小貿(mào)易和外國(guó)投資壁壘），部分在銀行領(lǐng)域的改革已經(jīng)取得了成功。
In foreign trade aspect, southeast sailing line became chief passageway of external economic exchange. In easy circumstance, trading policy brings prosperity of overseas trade gradually.
在對(duì)外貿(mào)易方面，東南海路成為對(duì)外經(jīng)濟(jì)交流的主要通道，相對(duì)寬松的貿(mào)易政策帶來(lái)海外貿(mào)易的日益繁榮，港口附近地區(qū)經(jīng)濟(jì)也有了相應(yīng)發(fā)展。

This suggests that most of the trade in foreign exchange is directed to settle external trade balances, rather than for speculative reasons.
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