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Another country that ranks high on the Globalization Index is the Netherlands. But here, the story is largely economic. Within only a few short years, the Dutch have both invested heavily in other countries and seen foreign participation in their own economy rise to levels that few other nations have been willing or able to sustain. In the wake of aggressive reforms that have stripped regulations and enhanced labor flexibility, foreign investment increased from 8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 1995 to more than 19 percent of GDP in 1998. Likewise, portfolio investments grew from only 5 percent to more than 30 percent over the same period, the highest levels in the world — more than double those in France and Germany and five times higher than those in the United Kingdom.

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The Netherlands also ranks high on the Globalization Index thanks to its aggressive reforms that have stripped regulations and enhanced labor flexibility and the resultant increases in both foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investments.

多亏了其减少重重规章制度和增强劳动力流动性的积极改革,以及随之而来的外国直接投资和外国证券投资的增长,荷兰也名列国际化指数的前列。

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Within only a few short years, the Dutch have both invested heavily in other countries and seen foreign participation in their own economy rise to levels that few other nations have been willing or able to sustain.

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1、Within only a few short years, the Dutch have both invested heavily in other countries and seen foreign participation in their own economy rise to levels是主句,其中的“rise to levels”是省去符号“to”的动词不定式,作谓语动词“have seen”后宾语“foreign participation in their own economy”的补足语,对宾语进行补充说明

2、that few other nations have been willing or able to sustain是限制性定语从句,修饰名词“levels”