Proposals for bauxite development and aluminum smelters are believed to be under discussion along these lines with European and American companies...

据信，(中国)正在与欧洲和美国的公司洽谈，用补偿贸易方式在中国进行铝矾土开采及设立炼铝厂的建议。

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He did well just to keep the show on the road, but was hampered by hideously unclear lines of command, by American-European rivalries, and by the reluctance of the three antagonistic communities to seek a genuine accommodation.

ECONOMIST: Carl Bildt, a good Balkan Swede