Britain objects to this because the tax - 0.1% on stock and bond trades and 0.01% on derivatives - could still apply in the City.

英国反对的原因是因为这个税种——股票和债券交易的0.1%，衍生产品的0.01%——(即使只在欧元区征收也)会影响金融城。

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Britain now trades with more than many countries.

英国现在和许多国家做生意。

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So can a recession in a country with which Britain trades.

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The Trades Union Congress says Britain's policy of allowing companies to opt-out of the European Union Working Time Directive, meaning people to work over the 48-hour a week limit on a "voluntary" basis, meant the protection it offered could be circumvented.

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John Monks, general secretary of the European Trades Union Congress, complains that Britain has defanged the charter.

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