fundamental economic issue

基本解释

Traffic problem in metropolis is a fundamental issue to their urban economic construction.
城市交通问题一直是我国城市经济建设的一项重大课题。
Thee benefit to society of competition is that it makes a major contribution to the fundamental economic issue, which is the scarcity of productive resources.
费尔斯接着说，竞争对社会的益处在于它对解决最根本的经济问题作出了重要的贡献，也就是生产资源的缺乏问题。
The exchange rate issue is the fundamental national economic development, is an economic development to a certain level must be to solve the problem.
汇率问题的根本就是国家经济发展的问题，是一个国际经济发展到一定程度都必须要解决的问题。

So while Republicans are working to make this election entirely about the economy and the role of government, they seem to be completely ignoring an issue of both fundamental economic and social importance.
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The answer is yes, of course, but the more fundamental issue is that the IRS should not be taxing economic activity that occurs outside U.S. borders.
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