Japan/Austraria

日本とオーストラリアが自由貿易協約を結ぶということです。

Speaking at a Perth business breakfast, Mr McLean warned that Australia should not ignore Japan's continuing economic and strategic significance in the enthusiasm for developing economic relations with China and India.

オーストラリアの日本大使によれば、日本は中国インドとも経済を発展させようとしてろい、この点に関しても注意をはらわなくてはならん、と、まあ、それはそうでしょうね。

Mr McLean said it was unlikely China would surpass Japan as Australia's most important trading partner for at least a decade.

Last year, Australian exports of goods and services to Japan were worth about $32 billion, which amounted to roughly 18 per cent of Australia's exports.

"This is 80 per cent higher than our exports to China and 2 1/2 times greater than we send to the US," the ambassador said.

"The proposition that Japan has been taken over by China is just nonsense."

で、日本が中国に追い抜かされるというのはばかばかしい、と、これは、豪州との関係で、という意味でしょうか？

Mr McLean said much of Japan's recovery had to do with the spirit of competition it was having with China for influence in the region.May 04, 2006The Australian

中国と競争関係におかれたことが幸いして、むしろ日本の回復につながっている、というわけです。
読むと日本もまだまだ棄てたものでじゃないですね。