The dispute is the most intractable in a series of financial services issues on the table at next week's top-level talks in Washington between the US and China.

下周，中美两国将在华盛顿进行高层会晤。届时，上述问题将是此次会议日程上一系列有关金融服务业问题中最棘手的一项。

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One of the main issues in dispute has been whether U.S. troops accused of crimes in Iraq would be tried by Iraqi courts, or by the U.S. military.

两国争端中一大要点问题是：美军在伊拉克指控有罪一案该交由伊拉克法庭审判还是由美军处理。

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The principal issues in dispute concern the duration of the future treaty.

有争议的主要问题牵涉到将来条约的期限。

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London Underground said it had addressed the issues in the dispute and urged the unions to hold more talks.

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Howard Collins, London Underground's chief operating officer, said however he believed all such issues in the dispute "have been addressed".

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But it would be sad if settling scores were the decisive factor in the outcome of a dispute where real issues are at stake, like the need to scrutinise the way all Western agencies do business with dictators.

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