The proposals aim to overhaul the E.U. 's so-called Stability and Growth Pact, which says annual budget deficits should be no higher than 3% of GDP and debt should stay lower than 60% of GDP.

该提案目标在于全面核查欧盟所谓的稳定和增长协定，其规定年预算赤字不得高于GDP的3%，而债务应低于GDP的60%。

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The U. s. never ratified the pact because it doesn't impose binding commitments on China and other emerging economies.

美国从未认可这个条约，因为美国不会将约束性承诺强加给中国及其他新兴经济体。

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Analysts say whenever the two sides agree on a new treaty, that pact must still be ratified by the U. s. Senate and the Russian Parliament - or Duma. And that process, say experts, may take months.

分析人士说，不管两国在什么时候达成新协议，这个新协议必须由美国参议院和俄罗斯国家杜马批准后才能生效，而批准过程可能要花上好几个月。

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Under the controversial pact, the government agreed to the cleric's main demand of imposing Islamic law in the insurgency-hit districts.

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But there are remaining issues from that pact, including parameters for India's reprocessing of nuclear fuel that originates in the United States.

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Analysts say whenever the two sides agree on a new treaty, that pact must still be ratified by the U.S.Senate and the Russian Parliament - or Duma.

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But will February's pact, sealed with the help of Kofi Annan, a former United Nations secretary-general, bring lasting calm?

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The telecommunications reform is seen as a consequence of President Enrique Pena Nieto's Pact for Mexico, a broad alliance designed to bring about structural changes.

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While those deal terms are similar to Apple's pact with publishers, these people say, magazine executives believe that the competition could eventually lead to more favorable terms.

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