The measure of the net cost of a tariff depends critically on the estimate of the amount of imports it discourages.

关税造成的净损失的量值，主要取决于受到关税阻挠的进口数量的估计值。

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This year the increase in China's net exports (ie, less imports) is likely to account for about one quarter of its growth—a record amount.

今年中国的净出口增长（即减去进口额）有望创下历史纪录，占到经济增长的四分之一。

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These initiatives together hope to reduce the amount of oil the U.S. imports.

这些举措目的都在于减少美国的石油进口。

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Put that way we can see that what we actually want is to have the maximum amount of imports at the very lowest prices that we can.

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Since July, 2005, the yuan has appreciated by 21 percent against the dollar, yet this has had no impact on either the amount of imports from China or the U.S. trade deficit with the country.

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