With 560m people, the ASEAN trade bloc also offers a big population.

拥有五亿六千万人口的东盟贸易区也存在大量消费者。

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By 1936 even the gold-bloc countries had abandoned the link, but by then the damage to world trade had been done.

到1936年，连金本位国家集团成员也放弃了金本位政策，但那时国际贸易已经受到了重创。

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The European Union predicts the bloc may begin to slowly recover next year, but only if the banking system and international trade pick up.

欧盟预计整体经济可能在明年逐渐复苏，前提是银行体系和国际贸易重新振作起来。

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The European Union predicts the bloc may begin to slowly recover next year, but only if the banking system and international trade pick up.

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These could become the basis of a pan-Asian trade bloc, reckons Kiat Sittheeamorn, Thailand's chief trade negotiator.

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They are pushing for a trade bloc with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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The UK in particular is trying to renegotiate its relationship with the 27-nation trade bloc and has promised a referendum on EU membership by 2017.

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