With imports growing at 40 per cent a year, the world's workshop has become the price-setter for oil, metals, minerals and shipping rates.

目前，中国的进口正以年均40%的速度飞速增长。这个号称世界工厂的国家在石油、金属、矿物和海运等方面已经掌握了控价权。

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This combination of still-subdued activity and high raw material prices illustrates a wider truth; that America is no longer the price-setter for these products.

疲软的经济和高价原材料证明了一个明显的事实：美国不再是这些产品的定价者了。

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The price of a setter within is the most expensive.

边滚筒式照排机的代价是最不贱的。

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That should ensure that the Saudis remain the swing producer, and thus ultimate price-setter, in the market.

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