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托福阅读新闻知识：美欧将就贸易协定展开磋商 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读新闻知识：美欧将就贸易协定展开磋商”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　At the G8 Summit in Britain, President Barack Obama and European leaders announced the start of an effort to reach what is being called the biggest trade deal in history. Officials are focusing on regional trade agreements because the long effort to reach a new global trade deal is stalled. 　　在英国举行的八国集团首脑会议上，美国总统奥巴马和欧洲领导人宣布将开启有关据称是有史以来最大的贸易协议的谈判。由于针对一项新的全球性贸易协议的长期努力暂时停滞，官员们正集中精力设法达成区域性贸易协议。 　　British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European Union leaders to make the announcement. 　　英国首相卡梅伦与奥巴马总统和欧盟领导人一道宣布这项计划。 　　We are talking about what could be the biggest bilateral trade deal in history, Cameron noted. A deal that will have a greater impact than all the other trade deals on the table put together. 　　卡梅伦说：“我们正在谈论的可能是有史以来最大的双边贸易协定，它比任何其他协议加在一起的影响力都大。” 　　It was one of Cameron’s key goals for the summit he hosted for leaders of eight of the world’s top industrialized countries. But such regional trade deals are really not the leaders’ first choice, according to G8 expert Stephen Pickford of London’s Chatham House. 　　双边贸易协定是卡梅伦在他主持的这次八大工业强国的峰会上要达到的主要目的之一。但是，伦敦查塔姆国际事务研究所的斯蒂芬·皮克福德认为，这些区域性贸易协议并不是领导人们的首眩 　　“I think everybody accepts that having a fully multi-lateral, universal trade deal is the best option. But that seems to be unattainable at the moment. And so I think people are focusing on what is the second best, which is to take forward trade liberalization between willing partners,” said Pickford. 　　他说：“我认为所有人都觉得一个全面、多边的全球性贸易协议是最好的选择。但是看来现在很难达成。因此我认为人们把目光转向第二选择，就是在有意愿的伙伴国之间推进贸易自由化。” 　　But not all the partners are so ‘willing,’ even in this effort among close allies. 　　但是，并非所有的伙伴国都有这样的“意愿”，甚至在关系密切的同盟之间。 　　At preliminary talks, the French Trade Minister nearly vetoed the plan. 　　在初步会谈中，法国贸易部长尼科尔·布里克几乎否决了贸易协议计划。 　　France was concerned about trade in movies and other entertainment products. French officials want to protect t