In the aftermath of the liberalization wave of the 1990s, the economic and technological trends at the base of globalization had transformed world markets, thereby expanding the potential role for commodity exchanges.
11. 在1990年代自由化浪潮之后，作为全球化基础的经济和技术趋势改变了世界市场，从而扩大了初级商品交易所的潜在作用。