If the tech really is as good as Apple may or may not think it is, a variety of consumer goods — not just Apple products — could be manufactured more durably and at a lower cost.

如果这种科技真像苹果多认为的那么好，将来制造的产品——不仅仅是苹果产品——会更耐用而成本更低。

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As emerging economies push the prices of commodities up and those of manufactured goods down, consumer-price inflation is no longer a reflection of domestic monetary conditions, nor is low inflation a guarantor of economic stability.

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Of course, this negative effect will be felt less in China, because there is still a lot of "room at the top" when it comes to satisfying its enormous population with cheap consumer goods--manufactured, mind you, by Chinese factories.

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Access to goods manufactured abroad and raw materials from overseas guarantees consumer choice and competitive prices.

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