Decades of military cooperation with Pakistan, which shares India as a rival, have flowered into an economic alliance.

他们同印度的对手-巴基斯坦有着数十年的军事合作，而经济合作则让这种关系更加紧密。

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Defenders of the alliance argue that it has done more than keep the peace: it has enabled Japan to keep its military spending low, and attract global status in other ways, notably economic.

日美同盟的拥戴者们认为：同盟关系不仅维护了和平，它还使日本保持了较低的军费开支，使日本取得在其它领域(如经济上)的全球地位。

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In October 1959, just nine months after entering Havana, Mr Castro began the contacts with the Soviet Union that swiftly led to a full-scale economic and military alliance.

1959年10月，进驻哈瓦那9个月后，卡斯特罗开始与苏联接触，这样很快使双方成了全规模的经济与军事联盟。

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And "being part of the long-standing and most successful fiscal, monetary and economic alliance in world history".

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It argues, too, for further reform to transform Central America from an economic alliance into a truly common market.

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Indeed, America has always promoted APEC as an alternative to the Malaysian leader's calls for an East Asian economic alliance.

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