But its death also shows that agreements should be intelligent and perceived to be in the national interest.

但是，该公约走向死亡也说明，协议应当是合理的，并且让人们觉得是符合各国利益的。

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Obama will then have 90 days to decide whether going ahead with the project would be in the national interest.

奥巴马届时将在90天之内决定此项目是否符合国家利益并继续推进。

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Tony Blair yesterday effectively ruled out Britain joining the euro before at least 2010 when he said membership of the 12-country club would not be in the national interest.

日前，英国首相布莱尔表示：“加入欧元区的12个欧盟成员国将不符合自己国家的利益”。布莱尔的这一席话将英国在2010年前加入欧元区的可能性明显地排除在外。

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Because the proposed pipeline would cross the US border it will require a State Department permit determining the project to be in the national interest.

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For this reason, the U.S. tax rules governing the dollar-for-dollar foreign tax credit require a U.S. company to exhaust all effective remedies to reduce its taxes under foreign law, or else the credit will be denied in other words, U.S. law expects a U.S. company to take responsible measures to reduce its foreign tax liability, because this has long been understood to be in the national interest.

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Last September the then Education Secretary Charles Clarke said he wanted a "national debate" on whether certain key subjects should be protected in the national interest.

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