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78. the monitoring of Russian ship movements...: 3) In Nov. 1978, EEC Ministers of Transportation decided that from Jan, 1, 1979 on, the EEC would monitor, for a term of two years, Russian ship movements on the following two trade routes: between EEC and China and the U. S.; between EEC and East Africa. On the basis of the data thus gathered, the EEC would then decide on the counter measures they should take. ? Detailed Study of the Text（Para. ） 79. the French, because of their Russian ties, blocked plans along these lines: The French, because of their close connections with the Soviet Union, created all kinds of difficulties to prevent the adoption of plans that could put into effect countermeasures to offset the Russian challenge. ? Detailed Study of the Text（Para. ） 26 There is a limit, of course, to what any British government can do on its own. Shipping is an essentially international business, and Britain can only counter the challenges of the developing world and the Russians at an international level. But whom could we count on for support? The EEC is so divided about shipping that it is almost powerless to act .Take the challenge of the developing world. The French do not mind the UNCTAD code on liner shipping because it would help them to increase their share of the liner trade; the same is true for the Germans and the Belgians. Britannia Rues the Waves 26 So Britain cannot rely on concerted EEC action on that issue. As far as the Russians are concerned, Britain, along with West Germany and Denmark, has been calling for a coordinated response; the monitoring of Russian ship movements and restrictions on the number of Russian ships allowed to call at EEC ports. But, last June, the French, because of their Russian ties, blocked plans along these lines. It will be November before the question is considered again. Britannia Rues the Waves 26 任何一届英国政府单靠自己的力量所能够发挥的作用当然都、-是有限的。海运业从本质上说来毕竟是一项国际性商务活动，英国也只有通过发动国际社会的参与来抵御第三世界和俄国