Exports also shook off the weakness of the euro, which makes it more expensive for consumers in the euro zone to import goods from other regions, including China and Japan.

出口也摆脱了欧元的疲软，这使得更多的消费者在欧元区昂贵的进口来自其他地区，包括中国和日本的货物。

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The shutdown is bad news for the recession-hit country partly because it will lose a source of cheap electricity and be forced to import more expensive energy.

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It influenced the import manufacturers to move up-market both by building more expensive vehicles and by establishing luxury brands like Acura, Lexus and Infiniti.

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In the absence of new discoveries or breakthroughs in alternative energy, the continent will need to import more and more oil to meet the demand, an expensive and politically treacherous path.

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