东南亚领导人敦促加快亚洲经济整合

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东南亚的商界和政府领导人敦促加快地区经济整合，以缓冲全球经济下行带来的冲击。他们是在东盟10国领导人在泰国召开年度高峰会议之际发出以上呼吁的。

由于东南亚出口急剧下跌，该地区工商界和政府领导人寻求推动亚洲内部贸易，以弥补西方需求的下降。

东盟10个成员国之间的贸易正在扩张，不过领导人说，还有进一步增长的余地，因为成员国之间的贸易仅仅占东盟总贸易额的四分之一，东盟官员说，在未来6年里应该增长35%到40%。

泰国总理阿披实星期五在曼谷召开的一个商业与投资会议上说，本周的东盟峰会将为2015年建立共同市场做出更大努力。

阿披实总理说，“我们已经看到东盟内部贸易与投资的巨幅增长。但是事实是，我们做得还不够，我们必须做更多更多的事情。”

东盟现拥有总计达5亿多人口的市场。近年来，东盟跟日本、中国和韩国签署了自由贸易协议，努力为其产品开拓一个有着20亿人口的市场。

东盟星期五将与澳大利亚和新西兰签署自由贸易协定，从而将东盟的贸易领域进一步扩大至澳大利亚和新西兰。预计，跟印度的自由贸易协定将在4月份签署。

泰国进出口银行行长、前商务部长纳隆猜说，全球经济危机将加速亚洲的经济整合，因为邻国之间相互求助进行投资与贸易。

纳隆猜说，“我们各国有巨额外汇储备，大约有4万亿美元，我们讨论如何使用这些储备来进行投资，来支持我们的项目，而现在的境况迫使我们使用这些储备。”

本周早些时候，东盟、中国、日本和韩国同意扩大一项地区基金，以帮助亚洲国家政府解决资金流动问题。

东盟工商咨询委员会主席阿兰·伊拉说，虽然处境艰难，但是该地区的一些领导人把目前的危机看成是带领全球走出衰退的一个机会。

他说，“我们不必再跟在其他发达经济体的后面瞎跑。我们将引导世界走出危机。我认为我们做得到，因为比起以往，我们有了更大的承受能力。”

东盟成立于1967年，旨在促进政治与经济合作。一年一度的峰会星期六在泰国首都以南200公里的度假胜地华欣镇举行。

练习答案

I.

1. Economic globalization is a product of the current world economic， scientific and technological development. It has brought all the countries in the world developmentopportunities， severe challenges and risks， as well as a subject of how to establish a just and reasonable new international economic order.

2. This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the World War II， and especially during the past two decades， the whole world reached its geographic limit with the extension of capitalist market， and traditional trade patterns were disrupted.

3. Globalization is deeply controversial， however. Proponents of globalization argue that it allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and raise their standards of living， while opponents of globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free market has benefited multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of local enterprises， local cultures， and common people. Resistance to globalization has therefore taken shape both at a popular and at a governmental level as people and governments try to manage the flow of capital， labor， goods， and ideas that constitute the current wave of globalization.

4. Advances in computers and communications technology are permitting an increased flow of ideas and information across borders， enabling customer to learn about foreign goods. The ease of obtaining information and making transactions on the Internet has started to have a profound effect on many firms and especially on business-to-business commerce.

5. The North American Free Trade Agreement Association of Southeast Asian Nations The European Union

II. 1. g 2. d 3. a 4. f 5. i 6. j 7. e 8. c 9. b 10. h

III.

目前的趋势是将形成一个统一的、社会化的国际社会。诸多优惠贸易协定，如北美自由贸易协定、东盟、欧盟等，将数个国家整合到一个单一的市场，为公司提供了销售其产品的重要机遇。许多公司已经迅速采取行动，通过出口或通过设立制造厂进入这些地区。

IV.

1. In a certain sense， economic globalization itself is or means cultural globalization.

2. The process of globalization has changed our life greatly from every aspect.

3. Globalization is bridging the economies of distant countries.

4. With the ever increasing globalization in trade flow， funds flow and information flow， competition across countries and regions will intensify.

5. In the new era of knowledge-based economy and globalization， commerce and trade logistics (CTL) has become one of the hot topics.

V. Omitted

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I. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T

II. 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. D

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1. Southeast Asian business and government leaders have urged faster regional economic integration to reduce the impact of the global economic downturn.

2. There are 10 country members including Singapore， Brunei Darussalam， Malaysia， Thailand， the Philippines， Indonesia， Myanmar (Burma)， Laos， Cambodia， and Vietnam.

3. Trade among the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been expanding， but the leaders say there is still room for further growth. It accounts for only a quarter of ASEAN’s total trade. ASEAN officials say this trade should increase by 35 to 40 percent in the next six years.

4. ASEAN would set up a common market by 2015.

5. Arin said “We shall no longer be running around following the other advanced economies，”and “We will lead the world out of this crisis and I think we can do it because we are better cushioned than before.”

II. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F