And the total population is one and a half times that of the U.S. Overreliance on the American and Japanese markets--the ROC sends over half its total exports to the U.S. and maintains a US $ 7 billion trade deficit with Japan--increases the attractiveness of European trade to the Chinese.
過分依賴美日市場的背景﹘﹘每年對美出口值佔我對外出口值一半以上；進口則以日貨為大宗，包括汽車、音響、錄放影機、照相機及其它雜項的日本貨充斥我國市場，貿易逆差達七十億美元，加強了我國與歐洲貿易的意願。