In 2004 China overtook Japan to become the world's third-largest exporter, behind America and Germany.

2004年中国取代日本成为世界第三大出口国，仅次于美国和德国。

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According to his system of scoring these indicators, France and Germany both lag some way behind Britain and America in their treatment of minority investors, but have made improvements in the past year.

ECONOMIST: Minority shareholders

With America's defence firms having merged into a handful of giants, Tony Blair, Helmut Kohl and Lionel Jospin have been talking about the need to consolidate the defence firms of Britain, Germany and France so that they do not slip irrevocably behind America's (see article).

ECONOMIST: A shrinking arms market