The EC runs a trade surplus with the rest of the world largely because it restricts Japanese imports and because Ford and GM build cars in Europe rather than import from the U. S.

欧盟和世界其它地区都保持着贸易顺差，主要是因为它限制了日本的进口，也因为福特公司和通用汽车公司在欧洲生产汽车，而不是由欧洲向美国进口汽车。

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But it hurt the IMF in another way, too, because of concerns that the pro-austerity ECB and EC had outmuscled the fund.

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Just because you're in the U.S., you can't say, 'This EC directive can't affect me.

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