In fact, Greece’s total foreign trade, if properly measured, amounts to only 12% of its GDP, much less than what one would expect from such a small economy. More jarring is the fact that Greece’s total trade deficit (including both goods and services), was even higher in 2008, amounting to 13% of GDP, implying that, in order to avoid a subsequent decline in imports and thus in domestic demand, exports would have had to more than double.
事实上，在合理计算的情况下，希腊的对外贸易总额仅相当于其GDP的12%，远远小于这类小型经济体应有的规模。更令人困扰的则是希腊的总体贸易赤字（包括产品和服务）甚至比2008年时还更高，相当于GDP的13%，意味着如果要避免因此导致的出口下滑以及随之而来国内需求下滑，出口规模必须增加超过一倍。