首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Despite much loose talk about the new global economy, today’s international economic integration is not unprecedented. The 50 ye
Despite much loose talk about the new global economy, today’s international economic integration is not unprecedented. The 50 ye
admin
2012-08-22
14
问题
Despite much loose talk about the new global economy, today’s international economic integration is not unprecedented. The 50 years before the first world war saw large cross-border flows of goods, capital and people. That period of globalization, like the present one, was driven by reductions in trade barriers and by sharp falls in transport costs, thanks to the development of railways and steamships. The present surge of globalization is in a way, a resumption (恢复) of that previous trend. The earlier attempt at globalization ended abruptly with the first world war, after which the world moved into a period of fierce trade protectionism and tight restrictions on capital movement. During the early 1930s, America sharply increased its tariffs, and other countries retaliated (报复) , making the Great Depression even greater. The volume of world trade fell sharply. International capital flows virtually dried up in the interwar period as governments imposed controls to try to insulate (隔离) their economies from the impact of a global slump.
Capital controls were maintained after the second world war, as the victors decided to keep their exchange rates fixed on arrangement known as the Bretton Woods System, named after the American town in which it was approved. But the big economic powers also agreed that reducing trade barriers was vital to recovery. They set up the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which organized a series of negotiations that gradually reduced import tariffs. GATT was replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. Trade flourished.
In the early 1970s, the Bretton Woods System collapsed and currencies were allowed to float against one another at whatever rates the markets set. This signaled the rebirth of global capital market. America and Germany quickly stopped trying to control the inflow and outflow of capital, Britain abolished capital controls in 1979 and Japan (mostly) in 1980. This is part of the reason why continental Europeans tend to worry more about the power of global capital markets. America has been exposed to them for much longer.
Two forces have been driving these increased flows of goods and money. The first is technology. With the costs of communication and computing falling rapidly, the natural barriers of time and space that separate national markets have been falling too. The second driving force has been liberalization. As a result of both the GATT negotiations and unilateral (单方面的,单边的) decisions, almost all countries have lowered barriers to foreign trade. Most countries have welcomed international capital as well.
Technology has been a driving force of the increased flows of goods and money in that
选项
A、it has lowered the costs of communication and computing
B、it has removed all the natural barriers of time and space
C、it has reduced the barriers of foreign trade
D、it has enabled most countries to welcome foreign capital
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据文章最后一段,科技一直是全球化的驱动力之一,因为科技的进步使得通信和计算费用迅速下降,各国市场之间存在的时空等天然屏障也得以减少。因此A是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/LWXO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
Ihavesuggestedthatself-actualizerscanbedefinedaspeoplewhoarenolongermotivatedbytheneedsforsafety,belongingne
Etiquetteisnotsimplyanaccessoryoftherich,usedto________theirexistingsocialstatus,butmakesuptheveryfabricof
Withalltheseartsandpursuitsofpracticallife,theintellectualbusinessofthinking—ofsuchthinkingatleastasiscomm
Aperson’shomeisasmuchareflectionofhispersonalityastheclotheshewears,thefoodheeatsandthefriendswithwhomh
Thetranslatormusthaveanexcellent,up-to-dateknowledgeofhissourcelanguages,fullfacilityinthehandlingofhistarget
Theteachergavethestudentsextraworkbecauseshewas______byallthenoiseandtalkingintheclassroom.
Hewasn’tappointedchairmanofthecommittee,______notverypopularwithallitsmembers.
Today’scollegestudentsaremorenarcissistic(自恋的)andself-centeredthantheirpredecessors,accordingtoacomprehensivenews
"Ismokeformyhealth,"Iproclaimedinanewspaperarticlepublishedin1979.SinceIamadoctor,thisadviceattractedamuse
Thenewautomobilefactoryisexpectedto______around30,000to50,000vehiclesannuallyinthefirstthreeyears.
随机试题
社会主义市场经济体制,就是()
急性肺水肿时,吸入酒精湿化氧的目的是_______、_______。
地下电力电缆沟与道路布置的处理方式,下列哪种方式正确?[2001-80]
一般,在()情况下考虑,采用表面助冲加高速水流反冲洗。
业主与设备监理工程师之间的关系,是()。
施工单位A承包了一段某繁忙干线铁路改造工程,内容有桥涵顶进、路基帮宽和轨枕更换等。工程开工后,该施工单位便把其中12+16+12m的桥涵顶进工程的施工任务分包给一家具有专业承包资质的B施工单位施工。顶进施工过程中,线路发生坍塌,造成繁忙干线客运列车脱轨19
1931年中共制定的土地革命路线中对富农的政策是()
Linux系统中,DHCP服务dhcpd的缺省配置文件是(1)。在配置文件中,为特定主机指定保留IP地址的声明语句是(2)。(2)
A、 B、 C、 B本句是询问点完餐过了多久的How疑问句。应该理解Howlong…是询问时长的表达。
AccordingtothisPassage,theumbrellawasprobablyfirstinvented
最新回复
(
0
)