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Although the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump reviles, has likely had only modest effects on US trade and jobs, he has
attempted
to humiliate Mexicans insisting that they pay for his border wall, as if Mexico were a US colony.
While Shia-majority Iraq has
attempted
to portray itself as neutral, it has permitted Iranian flights to use its airspace to carry weapons to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Germany currently pays a little over 3% nominal interest on 10-year debt, half of what Greece is being charged for emergency loans – and far less than Greece would pay if it
attempted
to raise money in private markets.
Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations in 2005,
attempted
to adjust the multilateral institutions of our world to fit its new realities.
The Millennium Development Goals
attempted
to apply a comprehensive approach to reducing poverty, but the MDGs failed to address its underlying causes.
If Russia
attempted
a conventional incursion into NATO territory, and was defeated, it might consider launching a nuclear first strike in Europe.
The architects of the Chiang Mai Initiative
attempted
to finesse the problem by requiring countries that draw more than 30% of their swaps to negotiate a program with the IMF.
The Ministry of External Affairs first
attempted
to assuage China, stating that “no additional color should be ascribed to the Dalai Lama’s religious and spiritual activities.”
Both systems held relatively firmly together, though the glue that bound them was different, and both
attempted
to strengthen their positions throughout the world.
May
attempted
to portray Brexit as essentially a done deal.
But there is evidence that the second has already started to come to pass, with serious implications for the way that modern economies have
attempted
to meet the challenges of globalization.
Considering that it was Yugoslavia under the Slobodan Milosevic, an indicted war-criminal, which
attempted
genocide against the Albanian majority of Kosovo, the requirement seems akin to telling someone to jump ten feet into the air while taking into full account the need to keep his feet on the ground.
Subsequent executions of Jang’s entourage and advisers, the recall of Jang’s associates from posts abroad, and the
attempted
kidnapping in France of the son of one of his assistants attest to the level of alarm in Kim’s inner circle.
Most cases of
attempted
trafficking do not involve nuclear material; rather, they involve radioactive substances of the type held in hospitals, factories, and other locations all over the world.
There is evidence that criminal and terrorist gangs have
attempted
to traffic material through countries perceived to have lax security.
The Jewish community in the United States, and to a lesser extent President Barack Obama’s administration, has
attempted
to convince Chile and Mexico, which have not yet made their stances explicit, that nothing would be gained by isolating Israel (or the US, for that matter) on this issue.
But presenting the facts in a reasonable manner, as Florida mosquito-control authorities have
attempted
to do, has not been enough to change opponents’ minds.
Instead of, say, imposing sanctions or exerting localized military pressure on China, the Obama administration has
attempted
to pass the buck.
Indeed, while the current government has acceded to US deployment plans, it has also
attempted
to appease Okinawans by conducting its own inquiries into recent accidents (which ultimately supported the Pentagon’s findings of pilot error) and insisting that it will persuade the US government to respect their needs.
At a press conference last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin
attempted
a justification.
To name one example, the British government recently
attempted
to recruit National Health Service mental-health professionals to report those suspected of being psychiatrically vulnerable to extremist ideology.
If, in the current environment, Western powers
attempted
to point this out to the people of Russia, Hungary, or Turkey, they would likely stoke even greater resentment.
From time to time, Mohammed El Baradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has
attempted
to reintroduce reason and remind everyone that the focus must remain on capabilities, not intentions.
Over the past decade, the nuclear industry has
attempted
to capture global leaders’ attention with a promotional campaign centered around the notion of a “nuclear renaissance.”
In just the first few months of 2015, more than 38,000 people have
attempted
to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.
So, in essence, what is happening in Thailand is an
attempted
nullification of democracy by the opposition and the country’s entrenched elite.
Calling the Chinese Bully’s BluffNEW DELHI – The more power China has accumulated, the more it has
attempted
to achieve its foreign-policy objectives with bluff, bluster, and bullying.
When the popular former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg,
attempted
to ban large sugary drinks, public opinion – not to mention the New York State Court of Appeals – rejected the effort, despite support from medical experts.
While Trump has blinked on China by putting on hold his promised sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports to the US, he has
attempted
to coerce and shame US allies like Japan, India, and South Korea, even though their combined trade surplus with the US – $95.6 billion in 2017 – amounts to about a quarter of China’s.
Malala’s RevolutionISLAMABAD – The men who
attempted
to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai on October 9 knew what she represented.
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