A big drain on the public purse is subsidised domestic gas prices. Removing the subsidy and passing on the cost of gas to consumers was necessary but unpopular.

取消补贴，天然气的费用转移到消费者的肩上是必要的，但却不受民众欢迎。

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So many countries also take countervailing measures to reject the damage of subsidy, so as to protect the domestic industry and keep the fair order of competition.

于是，各国纷纷采用反补贴措施抵制补贴的侵害，保护本国产业，维护公平的竞争秩序。

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Such as, canceling exports subsidy, performing domestic product special guarantee item in 12 years etc.

这方面的承诺，如取消出口补贴、12年内对中国产品实行特殊保障条款等。

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Most of this burden was carried as an implicit subsidy to domestic energy consumers, with the price of diesel fuel, for example, set at the equivalent of two American cents a litre, and petrol selling for less than bottled water.

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