Joséphina

Voici le texte en entier que je dois traduire, certaines phrases et expressions me causent du souci comme celles soulignées en rouge.
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TRADE BARRIERS RISE AS SLUMP TIGHTENS GRIP
WASHINGTON — After repeated pledges by world leaders to avoid erecting trade barriers, protectionism is on the march, provoking nasty trade disputes and undermining efforts to plot a coordinated response to the deepest global economic downturn since World War II

From a looming battle with China over tariffs on carbon-intensive goods to a spat over Mexican trucks using American roads, barriers are going up around the world. As the recession’s grip tightens, these pressures are likely to intensify, several experts said.

The surge in protectionism is casting a shadow over an economic summit meeting of world leaders scheduled for London on April 2. At the last such gathering, in Washington in November, former President George W. Bush persuaded the Group of 20 members to commit to protecting free trade — whatever the pressures caused by faltering economies and lost jobs. The members include industrialized and developing nations, and the European Union.

“No sooner was the G-20 statement issued than it was breached,” said Daniel M. Price, an official in the Bush administration who helped negotiate the agreement. “Instead of just talking about trade liberalization, countries need to take immediate steps to show they mean it.”

Far from heeding their pledge not to erect new barriers for 12 months, many countries have raised import duties or passed stimulus measures with trade-distorting subsidies. The World Bank, in a report last week, said that since the Washington meeting, 17 members of the Group of 20 had adopted 47 measures aimed at restricting trade.
Russia has raised tariffs on used cars. China has tightened import standards on food, banning Irish pork, among other things. India has banned Chinese toys. Argentina has tightened licensing requirements on auto parts, textiles and leather goods. And a dozen countries, from the United States to Australia, are subsidizing embattled automakers or car dealers.
The most vivid example of that policy is the “Buy America” provision in the stimulus package, intended to ensure that only American manufacturers benefited from public-spending projects. The Obama administration persuaded Congress to water it down, and Mr. Obama has taken up Mr. Bush’s warnings about the dangers of protectionism.

But pressures are building on other fronts. Last week, the energy secretary, Steven Chu, said he favored tariffs on Chinese goods if China did not sign on to mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions — underscoring how the “green economy” could be the next trade battleground.
Mr. Obama signed a $40 billion spending bill that scrapped a program enabling Mexican trucks to haul cargo over long distances on American roads. Mexico retaliated by imposing duties on $2.4 billion worth of American goods — everything from pencils to toilet paper. The trucking dispute has its roots in the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta, which guaranteed Mexico, Canada and the United States access to one another’s highways for cargo transport by 2000.

Joséphina

Un grand merci d'avance aux traducteurs qui voudront bien me donner un petit coup de main sur cette traduction.

MikeL

N'étant pas compétent pour faire une bonne traduction en français, je vous offre en pis-aller une paraphrase en anglais facile des passages en rouge:

TRADE BARRIERS RISE AS SLUMP TIGHTENS GRIP
As the economic problems become more serious, countries are increasing protectionism / tariffs on imported goods
looming battle
A conflict which is going to happen in the near future
carbon-intensive goods
Products which require a lot of energy to produce and transport, thereby increasing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere
spat
a fight or conflict
As the recession’s grip tightens
another way of saying that the recession is getting deeper
The surge in protectionism is casting a shadow over an economic summit meeting
The rise in protectionism is causing difficulties in the negotiations at the summit meeting
many countries have raised import duties or passed stimulus measures with trade-distorting subsidies. many countries have increased the duties/import tariffs or have brought in regulations/laws providing subsidies that distort the normal trade process in order to stimulate the economy
tightened import standards on food
increased the standards/requirements for imported food
tightened licensing requirements on auto parts
made it more difficult to get permission to import car parts
The most vivid example of that policy is the “Buy America” provision in the stimulus package
The most striking example of that policy is the encouragement to buy American-made products which is part of a number of regulations intended to stimulate the economy
favored tariffs on Chinese goods if China did not sign on to mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
is in favour of imposing tariffs on products imported from China if China refused to sign an agreement to reduce emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide which contribute to global warming

Joséphina

Even if I would have prefered to have it in french, you have helped me a lot. Thank you!