In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

为应对这些限制，粮食进口国正试图敲定长期贸易协议，以锁定未来粮食供应。

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He is seeking trade deals with other Asian countries, and is reviewing long-term U.S.-Japan military agreements.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

In that time he has signaled his intention to seek trade deals with other Asian nations, and review Japan's long-term military basing agreements with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Yet more importantly in the long-term for trade agreements, the ACCJ monograph pointed to a very simple and neglected point: follow-up.

FORBES: Lessons From Japan's Trade Policies