In the international sphere, it has been subject to U.S. imposed trade sanctions for over a decade, and the breakup of its socialist partners the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe has left it practically isolated.
國際上則受美國禁止貿易十餘年；同為社會主義夥伴的蘇聯、東歐最近幾年又相繼解體，形勢幾同孤立。