"But if the United States takes unilateral action without proper multilateral consultations and agreement that could spark big trade disputes, a trade war even," he said.

“不过如果美国采取单边行动而没有适当的多边磋商和协议，这将会引起巨大的商务争端，甚至商务战争。”他认为。

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The WTO’s rules allow them plenty of scope: after two decades of unilateral tariff-cutting most of their tariffs are well below their “bound” rates, the ceilings agreed in the trade club.

WTO的规定留给这些国家相当大的余地，经过20年的单边削减关税，大多数国家的关税水平都低于约定税率（bond rates），即贸易谈判达成协议的关税上限。

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Steel-trade protection , an unilateral action , will bring about severe impact on the stability of the WTO.

钢铁贸易保护是一种单边主义行为，将对世界贸易组织的稳定带来巨大的冲击。

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In return, America would give up nothing but its ability to impose unilateral trade sanctions.

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The growth of unilateral trade measures, notably export restrictions, was also a key topic of discussion at the symposium.

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His first move last year was to propose restricting the number of poor countries benefiting from unilateral trade preferences.

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