Cost was typically the primary motivator — decisions to transfer work were driven by the availability of skilled labor at rates much cheaper than in the United States and Western Europe.

成本一般是主要的促进因素——将工作迁移的决策是由技能劳动力在价格上比美国和西欧便宜得多所推动的。

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The move will also save schools money since digital textbooks are cheaper there than in the United States.

这项举措也将节省费用，因为电子课本将比传统课本便宜的多。

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So the United States pushed Japan to let the yen appreciate, thereby making Japanese imports more expensive and American exports to Japan cheaper.

因此，美国敦促日本升值日元，以使日本进口商品更贵，而美国到日本的出口商品则更便宜。

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That means our exports to China are that much more expensive, and their imports into the United States are that much cheaper.

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The costs for shipping big, manufactured goods from China to the United States -- or high volumes of goods from Japan or Korea or Malaysia, or Indonesia to the United States is a lot cheaper now than it was.

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But even Amorim and other quality-conscious producers such as Sabate are going to have to accept that plastic corks and the screw caps used in many cheaper wines in the United States and by the Swiss for even their finest bevvies are going to take an increasing share of the market.

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