These countries are uncompetitive exporters of labour-intensive goods and services, given the low costs and established positions of Asian producers.

鉴于亚洲生产商的低成本和成熟的市场地位，这些国家无法成为有竞争力的劳动密集型产品及服务的出口国。

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For example, whereas prices of the labour-intensive goods that China and others export are falling, prices of the goods they import, notably oil, are rising.

比如说，中国等国家的劳动密集型产品出口价格降低了，但是他们进口的商品价格尤其是原油的价格却上升了。

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Projects like the Interpuerto matter for Mexico, the economy of which depends on exporting labour-intensive manufactured goods to its giant neighbour.

墨西哥的经济依赖向美国出口劳动力密集型产品。像国际港口这样的工程对墨西哥具有重大意义。

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This is the basis of the Balassa-Samuelson theory which holds that average prices will be higher in countries with higher productivity (ie, high GDP per head), because higher wages will push up prices in labour-intensive goods and services.

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China is already pushing down the prices of labour-intensive manufactured goods, thereby boosting the real incomes of consumers in developed countries.

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This may be because services tend to be more labour-intensive than goods, and because wages are stickier (downwards, anyway) than other prices.

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