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--Experts say a mainland envoy’s Taiwan ‘unifying’ statement is an official warning

--China calls on the US to respect WTO rules

--Theresa May will tell MPs this week there is a new "sense of optimism" in the Brexit talks

For more on this , we have  Wang Dan,analyst of Economist¹ Intelligence Unit；Mike Bastin,Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics；WANG Suolao,Associate Professor and Director of Center for Middle East Studies in School of International Studies, Peking University, speaking with Ge Anna；Kuangyu Liu， researcher at Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science

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1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。