The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power.

尽管中央帝国通常非常富有和人口稠密，它本质上是很脆弱的，因为新的国际贸易路线的发展可能会破坏货币基础和侵蚀国家权力。

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Due to the inherent drawbacks of this international monetary system, the so-called "global imbalance" in international trade is bound to arise. What's the reason?

由于这种国际货币体系的内在缺陷，所谓的国际贸易“全球失衡”就在所难免。

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This means increasing their role in the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organisation, as well as enlarging participation in the Group of Eight leading industrial nations.

具体来说就是说扩大它们在八国集团中的参与，增强它们在国际货币基金组织、世界银行和世界贸易组织中的地位和角色。

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Indications are there will be no agreement on more stimulus packages, general agreement on free trade and against protectionism, agreement on more money for the International Monetary Fund, and there is likely to be some agreement on greater regulation.

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The EPP has a clear majority in the Council and Parliament in the areas of economic and monetary policy and international trade.

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Restrictions on prices and production, perverse monetary, fiscal and trade policies, disincentives to foreign investment, and bloated public sectors prevented Third World peoples from advancing their lives.

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He has also written several books, including Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Towards a New Paradigm in Monetary Economics, Fair Trade For All, Making Globalization Work, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict and Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.

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