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A trade tribunal in America issued a preliminary ruling that HTC, which produces smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system, had infringed two patents owned by Apple.
美國國際貿易委員會（ITC）初步裁定，宏達電子（HTC）———基於Google Android操作系統的智能手機生産商，侵犯了蘋果的兩項專利。
The decision follows a preliminary ruling by the ministry that those areas had dumped Nylon6 on the mainland market and the imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic producers.
商務部調查機關初步認定原産於上述國家和地區的進口被調查産品存在傾銷，我國內地相關産業受到了實質損害。
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China's Ministry of Commerce Saturday issued a preliminary ruling saying the US had dumped sedans and cross-country vehicles with engine displacements of 2.5 liters and above on the Chinese market.
商務部2日稱，初步裁定原産於美國的排氣量在2.5陞以上的部分進口小轎車和越野車存在傾銷行爲。

He offered little information from preliminary findings of Friday's autopsy, beyond ruling out foul play.

This is just a preliminary ruling until it can be reviewed by the full commission.
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