foreign trade, external trade

基本解释

The main results are:the effect of foreign direct investment, external trade on Shaan-xi's economic growth are languishing.
研究结果表明：外商直接投资、对外贸易对陕西经济增长有明显的促进作用。
Only in the external sector (reducing barriers to trade and foreign direct investment) and, partially, in banking have reforms been successful.
只有在对外部门（减小贸易和外国投资壁垒），部分在银行领域的改革已经取得了成功。
In foreign trade aspect, southeast sailing line became chief passageway of external economic exchange. In easy circumstance, trading policy brings prosperity of overseas trade gradually.
在对外贸易方面，东南海路成为对外经济交流的主要通道，相对宽松的贸易政策带来海外贸易的日益繁荣，港口附近地区经济也有了相应发展。

This suggests that most of the trade in foreign exchange is directed to settle external trade balances, rather than for speculative reasons.
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