The tectonic plates of world politics were shifting.
Les plaques tectoniques de la politique mondiale se déplaçaient.
The thing you have to understand, which people don't understand necessarily about John, is that his thought processes were shifting.
Ce qu'il faut comprendre, et que les gens ne comprennent pas toujours, c'est que les pensées de John étaient en évolution.
The volatile market meant that the terms of the debate on oil were shifting to the need for stability in the interest of producers and consumers alike.
Du fait de la volatilité du marché pétrolier, l'accent était dorénavant mis sur la nécessité de stabiliser les cours dans l'intérêt à la fois des producteurs et des consommateurs.
The types of technical regulations and standards were shifting from product-based to process-based ones, and a database based only on product codes would not be able to respond to the new trend.
La réglementation et les normes techniques portaient de plus en plus souvent davantage sur les procédés que sur les produits, et une base de données fondée uniquement sur des codes de produits ne permettrait pas de répondre à cette évolution.
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