Terms containing serious difficulty

Subject	English	French
gen.	difficulties which are serious and liable to persist	difficultés graves et susceptibles de persister
econ.	if ... difficulties arise which are serious	en cas de difficultés graves
social.sc.	if serious societal or environmental difficulties of a sectorial or regional nature liable to persist arise	en cas de difficultés d'ordre sociétal ou environnemental de nature sectorielle ou régionale susceptibles de persister
fin., polit.	.... meets with serious difficulties	...se heurte à des difficultés sérieuses
interntl.trade., fin.	serious balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties	la balance des paiements et la situation financière extérieure posent de graves difficultés
fin., polit.	serious difficulty	difficulté sérieuse