His father was the chairman of a sewing-machine company, an important post for this garment-exporting nation.

他的父亲是一家缝纫机公司的董事长，在服装出口为支柱产业的斯里兰卡，这是一个重要职位。

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If economic growth is the determining factor, then the Qataris will be the happiest people in the world, with the economy of their gas-exporting nation set to grow by 15.9% next year.

如果经济增长是决定性因素，那么卡塔尔人将是世界上最幸福的人，这个天然气出口国明年经济增长将为15.9%。

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It is the last remnant of an American manufacturing base that once powered the most successful exporting nation in history.

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But I have not seen China or any other exporting nation query the EU's right to put a price on carbon on those grounds.

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It will take a lot of national pain as our economy transitions from a consumption based, high-debt, low-growth debtor nation into a manufacturing and exporting nation once again.

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