English-Italian translations for counterweight

contrappesoSi afferma che offriamo un contrappeso troppo debole alla supremazia statunitense. We are said to offer too little counterweight to US supremacy. Oppure l'Unione intende fare da contrappeso al dominio degli Stati Uniti? Or will the EU find a counterweight to the dominance of the USA? Dobbiamo invece opporre un contrappeso solido a queste forze di mercato. That is why we must provide a solid counterweight against market forces.

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge

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