European firms like Italy's Eni SpA and France's Total SA already had substantial operations in Libya, and the case added to mistrust between Beijing and Tripoli.

在此事加剧北京与的黎波里之间的不信任时，意大利埃尼公司(Eni SpA)、法国道达尔公司(Total SA)等欧洲公司在利比亚已经开展了很多业务。

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The chief of ENI Spa, the world's sixth-largest publicly traded oil company, is heir to a long tradition of high-stakes dealmaking with rogues from Iran to Angola.

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