external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
外圧に屈せず独自の政策を貫いた。
They persisted with their own policy without yielding to foreign pressure.
外圧によって市場開放が進められた歴史がある。
There is a history of market liberalization being promoted by foreign pressure.
外圧なしに自主的な改革は難しいとの声もある。
Some say that autonomous reform is difficult without external pressure.