"Trade is simply people dividing up the production process, each to his own advantage," says Hou Chia-chu, economics professor at Tungwu University. "Americans buy foreign goods because they can be made cheaper overseas than in the U.S.
「貿易，是大家分別從事自己在行的工作，然後交換成果，達成有效分工的活動」，東吳大學經濟系教授侯家駒分析：「美國市場所以能容納、消化許多進口貨，就是因為美國買這些產品比自己做更划得來。