Indeed America's export growth has been much stronger (a sudden surge in imports was behind the second-quarter trade gap).
美国出口的增长实际上比想象的更加强大(第二季度贸易差额的背后是进口突然激增)。
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the entry into force in late 2001 of a bilateral trade agreement prompted a surge in shipments to the US that distorted Vietnam's overall export growth.
The recent surge in the use of containers as building blocks is partially due to the US-China trade surplus which has resulted in a massive surplus of containers in US ports.