Lebanese trader in west Africa will feel safe doing business with a Lebanese trader in Latin America because one man's high-school friend knows the family of the other's wife back in Beirut.

一位身处西非的黎巴嫩商人在与另一位身处拉美的黎巴嫩商人做生意时会感到安心，因为在贝鲁特，一方的高中好友与另一方的娘家人相识。

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A Lebanese trader in west Africa will feel safe doing business with a Lebanese trader in Latin America because one man's high-school friend knows the family of the other's wife back in Beirut.

一位身处西非的黎巴嫩商人在与另一位身处拉美的黎巴嫩商人做生意时会感到安心，因为在贝鲁特，一方的高中好友与另一方的娘家人相识。

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I told this to a friend working on international trade. She said they were often troubled by bad business credit when doing business with people from Africa!

我把这就是告诉了一个做国际贸易的朋友。她说，跟非洲人做生意的时候，经常被非洲人糟糕的信用困扰！

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Attracted by the potential of doing more business with Africa's rising middle class, Singapore rolled out tax breaks and other initiatives to prod local investors in that direction.

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