(by comparison, America's net foreign liabilities are 17% of GDP.) Much of their debt is being financed by local bank borrowing or bonds sold to investors in creditor countries, such as Germany.

(相比之下，美国的净外债仅占其GDP总量的17%)这些债务中的多数，来自当地银行的贷款，或是向债权国，比如德国出售债券。

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In 2002, 35 percent of Brazil's debt was linked to foreign exchange rates, whereas by 2008 the country was a net creditor in this debt class.

2002年，巴西35%的债务均与汇率挂钩，但到2008年，巴西已成为净债权国。

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China has an estimated $2 trillion in foreign reserves and is the United States' largest creditor, having bought more than $1 trillion of its debt.

中国有着预估2万亿的外汇债券，是美国最大的债权人，购买了美国1万多亿的债务。

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What's more, the government is the world's largest creditor, with plenty of foreign assets to sell.

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Judgment creditor plaintiffs generally do not throw good money after bad by going around seeking to enforce their foreign judgments in jurisdictions in which their judgment debtors do not have assets.

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