exporting nation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexportandnation
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export
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈek.spɔːt/us/ˈek.spɔːrt/
a product that you sell in another country, or the business of sending goods to another country in order to sell ...
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nation
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, ...
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(Definition ofexportandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is of the utmost importance to us, as a great importing andexportingnation, that the trade in which we participate should be fair.
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No one has really controverted the proposition that we are anexportingnation.
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I do not think it is generally realized that we are the only greatexportingnationwhich has to import its foodstuffs.
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This policy enjoys the support of both sides of organised industry as being in the commercial interest of this country as a majorexportingnation.
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This is essential to the well-being of agricultural countries generally and also to our own wellbeing as anexportingnation, because we want prosperous customers.
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I believe that my view of the facts will stand up—that we have been and remain a very highexportingnation.
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We were a leadingexportingnationand the financial centre of the world.
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As a result, our future as a successful manufacturing andexportingnationhas been seriously undermined.
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We recognise that the interests of primary producers and of a great industrialexportingnationlike ours are not in conflict but are parallel.
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But to a greatexportingnationlike ourselves the first essential is to have a stable exchange amongst the nations of the world.
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We need a large domestic market to back us if we are to be anexportingnation.
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We are supposed to be anexportingnation.
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We took the fruits of our inventions, and made ourselves the leading trading andexportingnationof the world.
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We are a greatexportingnation, and our trade, and the future of our trade, must depend very largely on international conditions.
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We are not merely an importing people; we are an exporting people; and we are, for our size, the greatestexportingnationin the world.
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It would be against our interests as anexportingnationto violate the international rules about discrimination.
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If we are to remain a greatexportingnationand retain our position in the world, we must encourage the liberalisation of trade.
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Perhaps comparatively few companies are involved, but the fact remains that we are a goodexportingnation.
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This country has been a greatexportingnationfor 200 years.
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We are not afraid to play our part as a manufacturing andexportingnation.
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