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Сперва приведу статью из Сети о том же самом, но немного другую, выделив важные с точки зрения понимания смысла переводимого абзаца места.


WASHINGTON (PAN): The political and economic transition in Afghanistan offers tremendous opportunity for the countries of South and Central Asia to connect together in a common trade link, a top Obama Administration official said Tuesday.
“As we see the political security and economic transition ahead for Afghanistan, there’s a tremendous opportunity to see the countries of Central Asia connect in trade and commerce to the countries of South Asia,” the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Nisha Desai Biswal, told reporters at a news conference.
Biswal said the US stands ready to work shoulder to shoulder with the countries of Asia, to ensure that vision of Asian prosperity and Asia’s role in creating a shared prosperity around the globe is realized.
It is in this regard that the US is working with its partners in the region on major energy trade customs and people-to-people projects that support that connectivity.

“CASA-1000, which is creating an energy grid that bring surplus hydropower from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to meet energy needs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is ever closer to being a reality, and we’ve narrowed that financing gap considerably,” Biswal said.

“TAPI, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline that would seek to bring Turkmen gas to meet the energy needs of, again, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, is again ever closer to becoming a reality, and we look forward to working with the countries in the region to address the remaining challenges,” she said.

The work done over the past decade in investing in road and infrastructure in Afghanistan and across the region is all about supporting that integrated landscape, she added. “So this vision is one of tremendous potential. And it’s a vision that is not of the US making. It’s a vision that’s really of the region,” she said.

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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/59505/‘Transitions-of...



Я полагаю, исходя из всего посыла статьи, что смысл основной части предложения такой:

… working with its partners on major energy, trade, customs, and people-to-people projects

Вот это всё: energy, trade, customs, and people-to-people – сферы/области, в которых US with its partners have been working with on major projects.

Об этом говорит весь контекст статьи – США не уходят из региона и будут продолжать сотрудничество во многих ключевых отраслях – транспортная инфраструктура, энергетика и т. д.

Тогда перевод:

Продолжать работу по крупным/основным проектам в сферах энергетики, либерализации торговли, модернизации и смягчении таможенных условий и ограничений и ….


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По поводу проектов типа “Trade and Customs Projects” – США так или иначе, через те или иные организации участвуют в целом ряде таких проектов.

Навскидку:

The Liberia Trade Policy and Customs (LTPC) Project
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Insights/Browse-by-Con...

Central Asia Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project (RTLC)
http://www.aecom.com/Where We Are/Middle East/Government/_pr...


Просто вот так в статье коряво написано, что, в общем, не удивительно. Тот, кто в теме, без проблем поймёт - на это расчёт.