But that deal failed to prevent a reduction in the nation's credit rating.

但这一协议并未能阻止美国信用评级的下降。

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That deal failed to restrict imports of beef from older cattle, which many South Koreans believe pose a risk of transmitting a human variant of mad cow disease.

恢复美国牛肉进口的协议对月龄较高的牛肉进口不加限制，很多韩国人认为，这带来了人类感染疯牛病的风险。

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Although the deal failed to garner wider international support, the message was clear: the United States is no longer the globe's only indispensable power-broker.

虽然这计划因没得到广泛的国际支持而失败，但传达出来的信息是明确的：美国已经不再是世界上唯一的、不可缺少的调停人。

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"The people we deal with are the people who have tried to cross the border and who have failed."

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South Korean parliamentary opponents of a major free-trade deal with the United States got physical in a committee hearing room, but failed to prevent the deal from advancing toward ratification.

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