A production subsidy is also a more direct form of aid and is easier to remove than an import tariff.

一项产品补贴与一项进口关税相比是更直接的帮助形式，更容易取消。

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The government had earlier said that the price rise was needed to end an unsustainable subsidy and to encourage oil production, which has been falling.

玻利维亚早前表示由于原油生产不足，负担过重的补贴和鼓励原油生产，这样的价格上涨是必要的。

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The stated aim of the subsidy is to help to keep inflation down, support companies in maintaining production levels and protect jobs.

据称，该项补贴的目的在于压低通胀，协助企业维持产出水平以及保证就业。

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"I should say that is rather contradictory." "If you put a lot of subsidy that means the production is not competitive or not cost efficient."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

In the beautiful, but poor, Asturias region in north-western Spain, the subsidy underwrites production of coal at seven times the world price.

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The provider of thin-film solar products recently warned that it was reducing production in the face of subsidy cuts in Italy and France, and the stock slumped.

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According to a 2008 investigation by Iowa Auditor David Vaudt, 80% of tax credits issued under the state's film-subsidy program had been issued improperly (to production companies that weren't even spending the money in Iowa, for example).

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