Fertility rates in many European nations and Japan have dropped below the replacement rate, causing concern that shortages of labor and productivity could threaten the quality of life.

许多欧洲国家和日本的生育率已经下降到人口置换率以下，这让人们担心，劳动力短缺和生产力下降将威胁生活质量。

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These methods can be particularly expensive when done in the U.S., where factories must meet more stringent environmental and labor standards than in many low-cost nations.

在美国本土上使用这些加工方法代价会非常高，因为工厂必须符合比许多低成本国家更严格的环保和劳工标准。

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And Samsung and other cellphone makers yielded direct contact with customers in many nations to phone carriers, which customize the phones and control their sale.

而且在许多国家，三星和其他一些手机生产商都让手机运营商负责与消费者直接接触，这些运营商会定制手机并掌控销售。

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says apples are grown in many parts of the world.

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He is concerned that President Obama might join the European Union and many Latin American nations in suspending aid and trade with Honduras.

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The queen praised the United Nations for its role in reducing conflict, offering humanitarian assistance and tackling the effects of poverty in many parts of the world.

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Key competitor nations have very different financial systems and corporations in many nations are not run principally for the benefit of shareholders.

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Occurring in the developed world and in many emerging nations as well, it seems inspired by gains at the top as well as by struggles in the middle and below to retain spending power in a global economy drifting toward stagflation.

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Third, the failed states in Africa and the oxymoronic governments in many African nations create serious politico-military vacuums that terrorists groups can fill and exploit for nefarious ends.

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