(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。

(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.

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萨默斯此前已评述过美国的超级大国地位与净债务(外债)国身份之间的矛盾。

Mr Summers has previously remarked on the tension between superpower status and net foreign indebtedness.

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