That target reflects the still-unfinished climate legislation in Congress, where the House of Representatives has already passed a bill, but the Senate is struggling to reach agreement.

该目标体现了美国国会仍未完成的气候立法。在众议院已经通过了一项法案，但上议院还在努力达成协议。

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And they formally launched a joint study for a trilateral free-trade agreement with a target completion date in 2012.

三国正式启动了一项有关三方自由贸易协定的联合研究，研究的完成日期定在2012年。

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The solution should start with an agreement between Mr Obama and Congress on a target for a manageable level of publicly held federal debt: say, 60% of GDP by 2020.

该问题的解决方案应从奥巴马和国会之间就公众持有的联邦债务管理水平达成一致的目标着手：比方说，到2020年为GDP的60%。

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The agreement,once it takes effect, will be the first under international law to target just this problem.

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However, talks are continuing, and the target for an agreement would be around the time of the iPhone 5 launch sometime in October.

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Portugal's finance minister said the country may need more time to meet the budget-deficit target of its bailout agreement.

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Late last year, the EU said its emissions have fallen 17.5% since 1990 and were "on track" to meet its 20% reduction target under the Kyoto agreement by 2020.

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