The trend highlights the growing importance of other economies, particularly that of booming Asia, to big US businesses such as General Electric, Microsoft and Wal-Mart.

这种趋势表明，对于通用电气、微软和沃尔玛这样的巨头来说，其它经济体的重要性日益显现，尤其是飞速发展的亚洲。

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At a Bharti Wal-Mart in Punjab, Scott Price, president and chief executive of Wal-Mart Asia, underscored how important India is to its growth.

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The growth in container traffic in the 1990s powered America's booming economy as retailers such as Wal-Mart bought goods from China and manufacturers such as Dell sourced parts from Asia for assembly in America.

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