At mid-century, an Antwerp financier only slightly exaggerated when he claimed, "One can no more trade without bills of an exchange than sail without water."

在这个世纪中叶，一位安特卫普的金融家略微夸张地说道：“没有汇票就不能交易，正如没有水就不能航行一样。”

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Dried cod and herring were already the staples of the European fish trade, but changes in water temperatures forced fishing fleets to work further offshore.

鳕鱼干和鲱鱼干已经是欧洲鱼类贸易的主要产品，但水温的变化迫使渔船在离岸更远的地方作业。

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Trade was the mainstay of the urban economy in the Middle East, as caravans negotiated the surrounding desert, restricted only by access to water and by mountain ranges.

因为商队只能通过水路和山脉进入沙漠，贸易就成为了中东城市的主要经济支柱。

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"If we continue to send food and water from abroad." "it will compete with national production of Haiti and with Haitian trade."

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Increases in crop production and productivity, together with virtual-water trade, will mitigate the regional inequities of availability.

ECONOMIST: Intelligent communication

And ultimately it is Uzbekistan that holds the key to regional co-operation, whether over water, trade or borders.

ECONOMIST: The heavy costs of non-co-operation

Shares of American Water Works currently trade at 16.89x 12-month forward earnings, an 8.8% discount to the peer group average of 18.53x.

FORBES: AWK Keeps The Steady Flow Of Dividends Coming