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linked with the euro, which is in the throes of an existential crisis...”This has resulted in another, albeit unintended, consequence: “Unscrupulous politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, who have stashed their illicit wealth abroad, are bringing some of it back,” passing off the money as export earnings.
Both the volume of goods sent abroad for contract processing and the sharp increase -- albeit from a low level -- in foreign direct investment in Eastern European countries show that more and more companies are taking this way out of the cost crisis.
German direct investment abroad more than doubled in 1995, and the inflow into the Czech Republic trebled.
Central to this is the worry that shifting production abroad will lead to more job losses in Western Europe, above all in labor-intensive sectors.
Consider a Greek depositor keen to convert a large sum of BE into FE (say, to pay for medical expenses abroad, or to repay a company debt to a non-Greek entity).
A government decree stated that “Transfer of the early, partial, or total prepayment of a loan in a credit institution is prohibited, excluding repayment by cash or remittance from abroad.”
Tax cuts that America could ill afford turned a huge fiscal surplus into a massive deficit; rather than saving, America's government is borrowing, much of it from abroad.
The IMF is right: there is a real risk of global instability, but the underlying cause is massive US borrowing from abroad, which began under President Reagan.
To prevent the mafias from returning the money from abroad in this period, the borders with Colombia and Brazil were closed.
Sales led to more FDI, as the only people with deep enough pockets to pay big money for state assets came from abroad.
The irony, however, is that the US exercised greater control over the Iraqi oil sector under the UN's pre-war "Oil-for-Food Program" (in which the UN, not Saddam Hussein, determined the level of Iraqi oil sales abroad) than it will in any future democratic Iraq.
In short, young Muslims in the West need to believe that democratic principles are respected abroad and applied equally at home.
On the contrary, they typically get significantly lower returns than Americans get on their investments abroad.
Upwards of 15% of workers in banking, finance, and insurance were born abroad.
Its two major banks had attracted huge deposits from abroad, largely from Russia, and presumably mostly from individuals who wished to escape scrutiny at home or elsewhere.
At least half the $800 billion US currency supply is held abroad, mainly in the world’s underground economy.
After all, if America, with its relatively low level of unemployment and social safety net, finds it must take action to protect its workers and firms against competition from abroad - whether in software or steel - such action by developing countries is all the more justified.
More than half of all manufactured goods consumed in the US are made abroad, particularly low technology, mass-produced labor-intensive products.
By contrast, those countries in which firms compete on price may have felt more pressure to move production abroad as domestic wages rose.
Given violence at home – exemplified recently by the Pakistani Taliban’s effort to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai for speaking out in favor of girls’ education – it is not surprising that migrants are willing to take great risks in pursuit of new opportunities abroad.
By inhibiting migrants from working abroad, it limits the diaspora remittances that are sent home.
The economically stagnant advanced countries are currently competing to restore growth, and securing talent from abroad is crucial.
When government officials travel abroad to encourage economic cooperation, CEOs of some of the country’s biggest companies should go along.
All of these initiatives are aimed at reducing dependence on the dollar both at home and abroad by encouraging importers, exporters, and investors to make more use of China’s currency.
As she works to overcome rifts at home, Clinton will also have plenty of work to do abroad.
And the so-called “three principles on arms exports” have placed absurd limits on what may be sold or supplied abroad, as even flying boats used for sea rescue have been viewed as banned from export.
Players who, like Salah, have opportunities to play abroad in highly competitive leagues can deepen and expand their skill sets, while developing a broader strategic understanding of the game.
And while they lose market share, both at home and abroad, the US steel industry’s competitiveness will also decline, because it is being sheltered from foreign competition.
If he follows through, the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimates that the cost of a new car in the US could increase by $1,400-$7,000, regardless of whether it is made domestically or abroad.
To be sure, China’s current position on domestic-market access is less clear than its economic ambitions abroad.
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