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Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Most crops do not cross national boundaries; few have international trade rates higher than 20 percent of what is grown. However, prices and export controls can disproportionately impact import-dependent countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

[…] les subventions absorbent des crédits publics qui pourraient être consacrés à la recherche sur les énergies alternatives ou à des initiatives énergétiques dans les pays pauvres. Les plus ardents défenseurs de la diversification des sources d'énergie se trouvent parmi les pays tributaires des importations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
CONT

[...] por el lado de la demanda, el crecimiento del consumo tiende a concentrarse con fuerza en unos cuantos países dependientes de la importación, en particular China e India, lo que de nuevo puede generar una mayor inestabilidad de mercado, pues cualquier suceso inesperado en estos países afectaría con fuerza el mercado global.

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