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International trade is good for business. By making business more productive and competitive we raise living standards. There is good evidence that companies which export pay more, invest more in training and are more aware of health and safety issues than those companies who choose not to trade overseas. And this applies whatever the size of company. So although I know there are many who have misgivings about the effect of trade on those who work in a number of industries, the hard evidence is that trade is good for workers too.
國際貿易對商業有好處。更高產能，更有競爭力的商業讓我們提高生活標準。證據顯示出口公司在培訓方面支付投資的越多，會比不選擇出口貿易的公司更注重健康和安全問題，這適用于所有規模的公司。因此，雖然我知道有很多人對工作于好幾個行業的貿易影響有擔憂，但事實證明貿易會工人也是有好處的。
Our strong business links underpin our whole relationship with Hong Kong and I am confident that they will strengthen and grow over the coming years. Hong Kong continues to occupy a pivotal place for us as a major trading partner in its own right.
我們強勢的商業聯系支撐著我們與香港的關系，我相信我們的聯系在接下來的年份中會更加強。香港一直以自己的優勢占據著我們貿易伙伴極其重要的位置。
I think it worth spelling out just how extensive those links are. Two-way trade flows are now running at nearly ￡9 billion per year. Hong Kong is our thirteenth largest export market for goods with a quarter of our exports to the Chinese mainland going through Hong Kong. Hong Kong is also a huge market for us for services, as many of the companies represented here tonight will testify.
我想說出這些聯系的廣泛程度是值得的。雙邊貿易流現每年接近90億英鎊。香港是我們第十三大出口市場，出口到中國大陸的商品有四分之一經由香港。香港還是我們服務的巨大市場，今晚很多入席的公司將證明這一點。
It is also worth remembering that Hong Kong is the UK's second largest market in the Asia Pacific, The UK is one of the largest external investors in Hong Kong and we account for 80 per cent of Hong Kong’s investment in Europe. And what diverse investment it is! It ranges from the textiles and clothing sector to ICT to bottled water to ports. The British Governments inward investment promotion body, Invest, UK, is working hard and successfully to attract Hong Kong investors and to give I comprehensive after-care to those who have chosen to invest in the UK.
還值得提起的是香港市英國在亞洲太平洋地區的第二大市場。英國是香港最大的國外投資者之一，我們占香港在歐洲投資的80%。投資時很多樣的，從紡織服裝行業到信息與通訊技術，到瓶裝水，到港口。英國政府對內投資的提升主體英國投資努力成功的吸引到香港投資者，并為選擇英國的投資者提供綜合的投資后關懷。
