Its companies have also made less use of cheap central European Labour: the region supplies France with only 5.5% of its imports of base and intermediate goods, compared with 18% for Germany.

国内企业也没有充分利用中欧的廉价劳动力：法国从这些地区进口的基础商品和中间商品只占总进口额的5.5%，而德国则达18%。

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China encourages the import of industrial commodities, such as oil, base metals and even quality fabrics and industrial machinery-provided goods made with them are sent abroad.

中国鼓励进口工业原材料，如石油、基础金属，甚至是高品质的纺织品和工业机械—用来生产出口产品。

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It's a tall order, and at the moment Vietnam is seen as a production base for lower value-added goods like textiles, furniture or footwear.

他的这一想法未免太过苛求。当前，越南主要被视为低附加值商品如纺织产品、家具、鞋袜等的生产地。

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That kind of juice makes factories hum, and South Africa, despite problems aplenty (see p. 36), is beginning to build a manufactured-goods export base in autos, machine tools and chemicals.

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Richard Perks, director of Retail Research at industry analysis company MINTEL, said Europe's luxury brands have remained relatively unaffected by reduced retail spending because the global consumer base for luxury goods is growing.

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From its base in Qingdao, white-goods manufacturer Haier has become a hugely successful Chinese multinational, hawking fridges, microwaves and washing machines from Auckland to Accra.

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