He also suspended or canceled a number of lease sales off the coast of the United States and extended a moratorium on deep-sea offshore oil drilling permits.
同时他还延迟或取消了一系列美国海岸的租赁合同，对深海作业加大了禁止力度。
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As early as in the 16th century, British peasants started to operate a large amount of family farms by means of land lease, which played an important role in the British economic take-off.
'I told him to hold off signing the lease because values would continue to fall,' Mr. Wong recalls, noting that Mr. Wu held off for 'only a little while.