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.
研究結果表明：外商直接投資、對外貿(mào)易對陝西經(jīng)濟增長有明顯的促進作用。
Only in the external sector (reducing barriers to trade and foreign direct investment) and, partially, in banking have reforms been successful.
衹有在對外部門（減小貿(mào)易和外國投資壁壘），部分在銀行領域的改革已經(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.
在對外貿(mào)易方麪，東南海路成爲對外經(jīng)濟交流的主要通道，相對寬松的貿(mào)易政策帶來海外貿(mào)易的日益繁榮，港口附近地區(qū)經(jīng)濟也有了相應發(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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