The general worldwide decline in trade barriers, such as customs duties and import quotas, is surely one explanation.

当然，原因之一是像关税和进口配额等贸易壁垒在全世界范围内普遍有所减少。

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In contrast to the FCPA, it makes no exception for small "facilitation payments" to speed up routine business such as customs checks or visas.

相较fcpa，它连“便利支付”——能加速一些类似海关检查或者签证等日常业务的支付方式——也不放过。

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After receiving information, Single Window System sends the corresponding information to the relevant information audit and management organizations such as customs and supervising agency.

接收到信息后，单一窗口系统将把对应的信息发送给相关的信息审计和管理部门，如海关和监督机构。

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Mr Rowe also called on Home Secretary Jack Straw to overhaul the police complaints system and said he should replace the current "pals investigating pals" system with one in which truly independent agencies - such as Customs or the DSS - investigate complaints about the police.

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Smaller parts of the state apparatus find it hard to assert themselves against some of the big and powerful ones, such as the customs service.

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But countries that want to clamp down on tax evasion, protect their national language, or deter such foreign customs as forced marriage, should do so through specific laws tailored to these ends, rather than relying on the symbolic power of citizenship.

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