That trade dependence is another reason for sobriety.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

This would hurt Canada more, owing to its dependence on cross-border trade.

ECONOMIST: Looking south with a friendlier face

And while we get most of our oil imports from friends that dependence still negatively impacts our balance of trade.

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Despite Lesotho's market-based economy being heavily tied to its neighbor South Africa, the US is an important trade partner because of the export sector's heavy dependence on apparel exports.

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Germany was down by 5.9% or so, owing to its export dependence, but has scope to make up the lost ground as trade rebounds.

ECONOMIST: The euro-area economy

Xcel Energy is one company that opposes a national "cap-and-trade" mechanism on carbon dioxide emissions, partly out of concern that it will promote dependence on natural gas, which has history of price volatility.

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