The U.S commerce department said Mr.Ross hasn't done anything illegal.

美国商务部表示，罗斯没有做任何非法的事情。

The figures released by the commerce department showed the deficit in goods and services widening by 8.7 per cent to $46.3bn.

美国商务部发布的数据显示，商品和服务贸易逆差扩大了8.7%，升至463亿美元。

Financial experts bracing for grim new economic data. The commerce department is set to release the first quarter gross domestic product numbers on Wednesday.

金融专家正准备迎接严峻的新经济数据。美国商务部定于周三发布第一季度国内生产总值(gdp)数据。

In a sign the business investment will pick up the commerce department says orders for long-lasting factory goods rose last month by the most in a year.

商业投资的一项签署将加快商务部所表示的在一年的大多数时间内工厂货物的订单上涨。

Zheng Yumin, the Communist Party secretary for the commerce department of Zhejiang province, told a conference last year that more than 90% of China's 43m companies were private.

浙江省工商局局长郑宇民， 在去年的一个会议上说中国4300万的公司中超过90%是私营的。