og11-12贴出来文章，有几个问题要请教

chasedreamtrue

Line   Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line of work. Since 1980 the United States International

(5) Trade Commission (ITC) has received about 280 complaints alleging damage from imports that benefit from subsidies by foreign governments. Another 340 charge that foreign companies "dumped" their products in the United States at

(10) ^"less than fair value." Even when no unfair practices are alleged, the simple claim that an industry has been injured by imports is sufficient grounds to seek relief.

Contrary to the general impression, this quest

(15) for import relief has hurt more companies than it has helped. As corporations            in to function globally, they develop an intricate web of marketing, production, and research relationships. The complexity of the relationships makes it unlikely that a system

(20) of import relief laws will meet the strategic needs of
all the units under the same parent company.

Internationalization increases the danger that foreign companies will use import relief laws against the very companies the laws were designed to

(25) protect. Suppose a United States-owned company establishes an overseas plant to manufacture a product while its competitor makes the same product in the United States. If the competitor can prove injury from the imports-and that the United

(30) States company received a subsidy from a foreign government to build its plant abroad-the United States company's products will be uncompetitive in the United States, since they would be subject to duties.

(35)    Perhaps the most brazen case occurred when the ITC investigated allegations that Canadian companies were injuring the United States salt industry by dumping rock salt, used to de-ice roads. The bizarre aspect of the complaint was that a

(40) foreign conglomerate with United States operations was crying for help against a United States company with foreign operations. The "United States^" company claiming injury was a subsidiary of a Dutch conglomerate, while the "Canadian"

(45) companies included a subsidiary of a Chicago firm that was the second-largest domestic producer of rock salt.              _

红字题的如何翻译呢，总是整理不出来。

59.      It can be inferred from the passage that the minimal basis for a complaint to the International Trade Commission is which of the following?

(A)            A foreign competitor has received a subsidy from a foreign government.

(B)           A foreign competitor has substantially increased the volume of products shipped to the United States.

(C)           A foreign competitor is selling products in the

United States at less than fair market value.

(D)           The company requesting import relief has

been injured by the sale of imports in the

United States.

(E)           The company requesting import relief has been barred from exporting products to the country of its foreign competitor. ,,,;..;,;

问题：minimal basis 如何翻译呢？能不能帮忙解释一下这道题要问的是什莫意思。谢谢

chasedreamtrue

这是第二遍复习，但是这个问题还没有解决，自己顶一下，

lsw

以下是引用chasedreamtrue在2006-11-10 2:41:00的发言：

 If the competitor can prove injury from the imports-and that the United

(30) States company received a subsidy from a foreign government to build its plant abroad-the United States company's products will be uncompetitive in the United States, since they would be subject to duties.

红字题的如何翻译呢，总是整理不出来。

如果这个竞争对手能够证明受到了进口产品的伤害，并且这家美国公司收到了外国政府对其建设海外工厂的补贴，那么这家美国公司的产品就会被征税，而导致其在美国市场上就不会具有竞争力。

lsw

以下是引用chasedreamtrue在2006-11-10 2:41:00的发言：

59.      It can be inferred from the passage that the minimal basis for a complaint to the International Trade Commission is which of the following?

(A)            A foreign competitor has received a subsidy from a foreign government.

(B)           A foreign competitor has substantially increased the volume of products shipped to the United States.

(C)           A foreign competitor is selling products in the

United States at less than fair market value.

(D)           The company requesting import relief has

been injured by the sale of imports in the

United States.

(E)           The company requesting import relief has been barred from exporting products to the country of its foreign competitor. ,,,;..;,;

问题：minimal basis 如何翻译呢？能不能帮忙解释一下这道题要问的是什莫意思。谢谢

minimal basis = 最基本的，最简单的

chasedreamtrue

终于等到了。谢谢，