We forget about the enormous trading vitality of Asia, even sea vitality and land vitality at the same time, but they are without any question by this point-- with the decline of the Spanish empire, which begins before this course-- the Dutch and the English.

我们先不考虑亚洲大量的贸易活动,包括同时的陆上和海上贸易,在十七世纪之前,随着西班牙帝国的衰退,欧洲最大的贸易实体,毫无疑问是荷兰和英国

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I would be looking at this--at the debt areas Student: You mentioned about the U.S. dollar falling in value recently. What kind of foreign currency vehicles or trading would you recommend to kind of hedge a bet against a dollar assuming that it continues to fall?

我会考虑这方面的投资--债务市场方面的机会,学生：你刚才提到美元,最近贬值的问题，那么哪些品种的外汇金融工具,或者外汇交易在你看来可以用来,对冲美元贬值的风险,如果我们假设美元还会将继续贬值？

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