Just as a factory requires a complete set of machinery to proceed with production, so does a foreign-trade firm need extensive business connections to maintain or expand its business activities.

正如一个工厂需要一套完整机器来进行生产一样，一个外贸公司需要有广泛的商务关系网以保持或者扩大它的商务活动。

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Domestics and foreign trade transportation experience preferred. Proactive, working under pressure, best with international trading agency, international forwarding firm working record.

内外贸运输相关销售经验，有冲劲，能承受压力，有国际贸易代理、国际货运代理经验者优先。

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Target Professions: foreign affairs, economy and trade, culture, press, publishing, education, and tourism-related business sectors, bank, law firm, etc.

外事部门、外资、国有和私营企业、文化、新闻出版、教育、旅游、银行、法律等部门从事英语相关业务。

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This "spread" is also assessed when investors trade foreign currencies through a brokerage firm.

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Foreign securities are another option, but investors can buy them only through a securities firm, and the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act still puts obstacles in their way.

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