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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We'd like to have your comments on the long-term trade agreement.

我们想听听你们对长期贸易协定的看法。

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What if you're planning a fairly long-term trade that may last for several days or even weeks?

如果你是做长线的，时间长达数天或数周，怎么办？

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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

"President Obama has made it a clear commitment to revolutionize the way that we use energy, including mandatory cap and trade legislation, long-term submissions reductions goals and a commitment to renewable energy technologies,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Although the Olympic investment does enhance long-term trade, and serve as a vehicle for new local infrastructure, it also puts a strain on local taxpayers, who are understandably upset when new projects are delayed, or in some cases abandoned.

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To the contrary, China is building long-term trade relations with Africa that should help open up opportunities for trilateral cooperation, especially at a time when both Africa and the United States will be seeking to improve trade cooperation with Asia.

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

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