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That has led to a sharp reduction in the US trade deficit, and meant that the rebalancing process was half complete.

This commercial tension leads to a sharp reduction in global trade and a double-dip recession.

Due to the sharp reduction of the number of the element, the time needed for processing this problem is much less.

These embryos had a sharp reduction in progenitor blood cell colonies, along with reduced expression of genetic markers of blood stem cells.

Comprehensive and sharp reduction of tariffs in the largest countries will deliver the greatest development gains.

state-owned forest farms get into the vexatious situation of shortage of funds and sharp reduction of timber production.

Looking ahead, prospects are for a sharp reduction in export growth.

This would also permit a sharp reduction in costs, since initiation of new business would cease.

At the end of 2008, Brazil and Japan both experienced a sharp reduction in flows of trade finance from abroad to local firms.

We attributed the fall in the price to a sharp reduction in demand.

A delegation of Japanese business leaders met with Chinese officials in Beijing on Sept. 7 to protest the sharp reduction in quotas.

It worked, delivering a sharp reduction in pollution at lower-than-predicted cost.

Last week, the airline cut its overseas service by half because of a sharp reduction in traffic.

The plan, favoured by Turkey's ruling AK party, would have seen a sharp reduction in the 40, 000 Turkish troops on the island.